Aung Phyoe

Aung Phyoe is a writer, director and film editor. He was born in Pakokku, at Upper Myanmar. He is a B.Eng graduate from Nanyang Technological University Singapore, where he developed a strong interest in cinema entering the cinema club at the university. He also began to take film classes and attend screenings at the Film Society in Singapore, which reinforced his passion for cinema. Later, he earned a Diploma in Editing from Mumbai-based film school, Whistling Woods International. His first short film “Seasonal Rain” was screened for Open Doors Screening at 71st Locarno Film Festival and he edited a feature film “Murder on the Road to Kathmandu” (2018). In 2018, he participated the Autumn Meeting’s Director Workshop mentored by Tran Anh Hung. His feature film project "Fruit Gathering” won the Main Jury Prize at Myanmar Script Fund and the Autumn Meeting Grand Prix in Vietnam. His second short film “Cobalt Blue” was selected to Pardi di Domani - International Competition at 72nd Locarno Film Festival, which became the first Myanmar short film to be selected for competition. In 2018, he co-founded “3-ACT Cinema Magazine”, which promotes film education and national cinematic heritage and is actively involved in the Myanmar Independent film scene.