Mattie Do () is a Laotian-American film director. She is

Laos Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and ...

's first and only female film director and the first horror film director from Laos.

Career

''Chanthaly''

Her directorial debut, ''

Chanthaly ''Chanthaly'' (Lao language, Lao: ຈັນທະລີ) is a 2012 Lao horror film directed by Mattie Do and written by Christopher Larsen. It is the first horror film to be written and directed entirely in Laos and the first Lao feature film dire ...

'' () (2012), was the first horror film written and directed entirely in Laos, as well as the first to be screened at major film festivals outside of Southeast Asia like the 2013

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''Dearest Sister''

Do's second feature film, ''

Dearest Sister Dearest Sister (Lao language, Lao: ນ້ອງຮັກ) is a 2016 Lao horror film that was released in the US on September 25, 2016 and Laos on May 11, 2017. It is the second feature film directed by Mattie Do. It was selected as the Laotian entr ...

'' (2016), ( Lao: ນ້ອງຮັກ) was chosen to attend the

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as part of the ''La Fabrique des Cinémas du monde'' program and was selected as the Laotian entry for the

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at the

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, the first time that Laos submitted a film for consideration in this category. It was screened at more than 20 film festivals and was selected by Laos as its first

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submission for Best Foreign Language Film.

''The Long Walk''

Her third feature, '' The Long Walk'' () (2019), premiered in the Giornate degli Autori section of the

76th Venice International Film Festival The 76th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 28 August to 7 September 2019, at Venice Lido in Italy. Argentine filmmaker Lucrecia Martel was the jury president for the main competition. Alessandra Mastronardi hosted the ...

. She won Best Director at the 45th Boston-Science Fiction Film Festival.

Filmography

Feature films

Short films

Personal life

Do was born in

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, to immigrant parents who left Laos during the

communist revolution A communist revolution is a proletarian revolution inspired by the ideas of Marxism that aims to replace capitalism with communism. Depending on the type of government, the term socialism can be used to indicate an intermediate stage between ...

. Do returned to

Vientiane Vientiane (, ) is the capital city, capital and largest city of Laos. Situated on the banks of the Mekong, Mekong River at the Thailand, Thai border, it comprises the five urban districts of Vientiane Prefecture and had a population of 840,000 ...

in 2010 with her husband to take care of her retired father. She trained originally as a make-up artist and worked on film productions in Europe and America before becoming a consultant to the oldest film company in Laos, Lao Art Media, upon her return in 2010. She, her husband and their dog Mango live in Vientiane, Laos.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * * Living people Laotian film directors Laotian women film directors Year of birth missing (living people) {{Asia-film-director-stub Laotian people of American descent American people of Laotian descent