Mattie Do () is a
Laotian-American film director. She is
Laos
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'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
Fantastic Fest
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Lisa Dreyer ...
.
''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
2014 Cannes Film Festival
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as part of the ''La Fabrique des Cinémas du monde'' program
and was selected as the Laotian entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
90th Academy Awards
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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
Oscars
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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
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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
Los Angeles
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,
California
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, to immigrant parents who left Laos during the
communist revolution
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. 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
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Living people
Laotian film directors
Laotian women film directors
Year of birth missing (living people)
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Laotian people of American descent
American people of Laotian descent