Mattie Do
Mattie Do is a Lao film director. She is the first female director of a Lao feature film. Her directorial debut Chanthaly is the first horror film written and directed entirely in Laos,[1][2] as well as the first to be screened at major film festivals outside of Southeast Asia[3] like the 2013 Fantastic Fest.[4]
Do is currently working on her second feature film Dearest Sister (Lao: ນ້ອງຮັກ),[2] which was chosen to attend the 2014 Cannes Film Festival as part of the La Fabrique des Cinémas du monde program.[5][6][7]
Personal life
Do was born in Los Angeles, California to immigrants from Laos.[8] 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.[5] She, her husband, and their dog Mango live in Vientiane, Laos.[9]
References
- ↑ Marsh, James (2013-09-26). "Fantastic Fest 2013 Review: Chanthaly is A Haunting Portrait of Modern Day Laos". Twitch. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
- 1 2 Do, Mattie (May 2014). "dearest sister". Vimeo. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
- ↑ "Nong Hak 'Dearest Sister' - A Lao Horror Film". Retrieved 2014-05-21.
- ↑ "Chanthaly". Fantastic Fest. 2013. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
- 1 2 "dearest sister". Les Cinemas du Monde. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
- ↑ Caroline Besse (2014-05-16). "La Fabrique des Cinémas du monde, possible tremplin pour les jeunes réalisateurs". Telerama. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
- ↑ Thanh Phương (2014-05-24). "http://www.viet.rfi.fr/van-hoa/20140524-lien-hoan-cannes-ho-tro-dien-anh-cac-nuoc-ngheo". Radio France Internationale. Retrieved 2014-06-07. External link in
|title=(help) - ↑ "IMDB entry for Chanthaly".
- ↑ "Lao Horror, Lao Hopes: 10 Questions with Mattie Do". littlelaosontheprairie.org. 2013-01-18. Retrieved 2014-05-15.