Tran Quoc Bao - Writer, Director

Bao started making movies in Hi8 video at an early age and developed his visual sense from Kung Fu movies, silents, musicals, and Hitchcock. Twitch Film praises his written-and-directed BOOKIE for its "flawlessly realized world populated by entirely fleshed out and believable characters, driven by a compelling narrative and brought to sumptuous life." Following BOOKIE's success, he was invited to direct BLACK COFFEE as part of an exclusive filmmaking challenge by the Seattle International Film Festival. The film's seedy noir style caught the attention of Seattle Magazine, which named him with the 2009 Artist Spotlight Award. Cinema Crazed declares it to be "one of the sharper short thrillers I've seen in a while... Bao has potential to stage a truly exciting feature length thriller."

Email: bao (at) pov-films (dot) com