Wyne (film director)
Wyne (Own Creator) (Burmese: ဝိုင်း; born Tun Zaw Win on December 22, 1973) is a film director and screenwriter of Burmese cinema.[1] His career began as a supporting actor in Burmese films. He gained success as a director in the early days of his career by directing music videos. He is best known for directing the short film Ban that Scene.[2][3]
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Wyne at the 2018 Myanmar Academy Awards | |
Born | Tun Zaw Win 22 December 1973 |
Occupation | Film director, screenwriter, actor |
Years active | 2000–present |
Children | 1 |
Awards | Myanmar Academy Awards (2013, 2015, 2017, 2018) |
Biography
Wyne entered the film industry immediately after completing his matriculation exams in 1991. He started his career as a supporting actor in Burmese films. Through hard work, dedication and (to a lesser extent) good looks, directors started to notice him. The first chance to be a supporting actor comes in 1995 and since then Wyne has not looked back. He appeared in various films till 2003. He also took up lessons in script writing from the age of 25 and decided to switch from being an actor to a director by the age of 30. He started with directing MTV sets for Myanmar music, become successful and eventually receive offers from movie producers to direct full-fledged films. However, his real success came in 2011 with his original film Adam, Eve and Datsa. This film lead to the starring actor and actress to be awarded in the Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards. The film was shown in Singapore and L.A. and was a major release in Myanmar.[4][1]
Filmography
Film (Cinema)
Year | Title | Functioned as | ||||
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Director | Writer | Role | ||||
2009 | Kyauk Set Yay | Yes | No | |||
2011 | Adam, Eve and Datsa[5][6] | Yes | Yes | Himself | ||
2012 | Hna Lone Taar Abidan | Yes | Yes | Himself | ||
2012 | Red Cotton Silk Flower | Yes | No | Himself | ||
2013 | As U Like[7] | Yes | Yes | Himself | ||
Satan Ye Ka Chay Te(Dancer of Satan) | Yes | No | ||||
2014 | Mar Yar Project | Yes | No | Himself | ||
Thet Tan Thit | Yes | Yes | ||||
Make By Heart | Yes | Yes | ||||
2015 | I'm Rose, Darling | Yes | No | Himself | ||
Slaves Of Cupid | Yes | No | ||||
2016 | My Lovely Hate | Yes | Yes | |||
2017 | A Knife in the Heart | Yes | Yes | |||
Tar Tay Gyi | Yes | No | ||||
3Girls | Yes | No | ||||
2018 | Shwe Kyar (Golden Lotus) | Yes | Yes | |||
Carbon dioxide | Yes | Yes | ||||
A Letter To The President | Yes | No | ||||
Frequent actor collaborations
Years | 2009 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | ||||||||||||
Actors |
Kyauk Set Yi |
Adam, Eve and Datsa |
Hna Lone Taar Abidan |
Let Pan (The Red Cotton Silk Flower) |
As You Like |
Satan Ye Ka Chay Te(Dancer of Satan) |
Mar Yar Project |
Thet Tan Thit |
Make By Heart |
I'm Rose, Darling |
Slaves Of Cupid |
Chit Hla Swar Thaw Ah Mone(My Lovely Hate) |
A Knife In The Heart |
Ter Te Gyi |
3Girls |
Nay Win Ate Dann Tet |
Shwe Kyar (Golden Lotus) |
Carbon Dioxide |
A Letter To The President |
Kha Yay |
Total |
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Myint Myat | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Soe Myat Thuzar | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Pyay Ti Oo | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sai Sai Kham Hlaing | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Thet Mon Myint | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nay Toe | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Phway Phway | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Yoon Yoon | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wut Hmone Shwe Yee | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Zin Wyne | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Aung Ye Lin | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
A Linn Yaung | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Paing Phyo Thu | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
References
- "Myanmar's best grossing movie director Wyne bares all about the industry". Myanmar Insider. 19 August 2014.
- "Wine vows to film on after police run-in". The Myanmar Times. 9 July 2012.
- "Killing Creativity". The Irrawaddy. 1 July 2016.
- "Director Wine continues awards roll". The Myanmar Times. 13 February 2012.
- "Interview with Stars of "Adam, Eve and Datsa" Film".
- CTO ADMIN. "အာဒမ္ရယ္..ဧ၀ရယ္....ဒသရယ္".
- "နင္ေစရင္". movie.guide.com.mm.