Tony Bui

Three Seasons (1999)

Tony Bui – Writer/director/producer

Tony Bui graduated from Loyola Marymount University with his short film YELLOW LOTUS, winner of over 15 national/international film festival awards. Shortly after, he was invited to attend the highly acclaimed Sundance Institute Screenwriting and Directing Labs at the age of 23.
Bui made his feature film debut as writer and director of THREE SEASONS (starring Harvey Keitel), winner of the Grand Jury Prize, Audience Award and Best Cinematography Award at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, marking the first time in Sundance’s history that the same film won both the Grand Jury and Audience Award. THREE SEASONS was also selected for Official Competition at the 1999 Berlin International Film Festival, and received two Independent Spirit Award Nominations the following year, including Best First Film. THREE SEASONS was the first American film to shoot entirely in Vietnam.
Bui also co-wrote and produced GREEN DRAGON (starring Patrick Swayze and Forest Whitaker). GREEN DRAGON premiered in Competition at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival, and was a recipient of a 2001 Humanitas Award. Bui has also written and directed national commercials, most recently for the new Pepsi/Mt Dew campaign. Bui is currently writing and directing the feature film THE WALK for HBO, with Ted Hope and Anne Carey producing. Bui serves on the Board of Directors of Film Independent and currently resides in Los Angeles.

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