Director Long Van - who made the movie Saigon Rangers passed away at the age of 87 at the hospital.
Confirming with PV VTC News, screenwriter Trinh Thanh Nha said that director Long Van passed away today (December 24) at the hospital. She said that artist Kim Cuong - wife of director Long Van was very heartbroken and cried a lot when her husband passed away.
Director Long Van was born in 1936 in Hanoi. Then he and his family followed the resistance to Thai Nguyen.
At the age of 14, director Long Van was sent to Nanning, China to study. In 1955, he graduated from Pedagogy and stuck with the teaching profession until later turning to cinema.
He belongs to the generation of directors who grew up before 1975. After graduating, he spent 15 years working as deputy director for a class of senior directors such as Pham Ky Nam, Huy Thanh, Bach Diep, Nong Ich Dat...
His directorial debut film was Call ahead 1979, written by writer Phu Thang, won an award at the International Film Festival in Moscow. Then there are the movies The meeting place of love , and For all day tomorrow.
However it must come Saigon Special Forces The first color film of Vietnamese cinema was released in 1985 and includes 4 episodes named respectively: Rendezvous, Silence, Storm, Give me back my name Only then did the name Long Van become known to everyone.
Not only does he have a successful career, director Long Van is also known as the perfect husband to his partner - artist Kim Cuong.
After all the glory of his career, he is happy because he has a loving wife who takes care of his health early in life, and a successful daughter who takes care of his old age.