Mattie Do

Mattie Do
ແມດດີ ໂດ
Born
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupations
  • Film director
  • film producer
Years active2012–present

Mattie Do (Lao: ແມດດີ ໂດ) is a Laotian-American film director. She is Laos's first and only female film director and the first horror film director from Laos.

Career

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Chanthaly

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Her directorial debut, Chanthaly (Lao: ຈັນທະລີ) (2012), was 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]

Dearest Sister

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Do's second feature film, Dearest Sister (2016), (Lao: ນ້ອງຮັກ)[2] was chosen to attend the 2014 Cannes Film Festival as part of the La Fabrique des Cinémas du monde program[5][6][7] and was selected as the Laotian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, the first time that Laos submitted a film for consideration in this category.[8] It was screened at more than 20 film festivals and was selected by Laos as its first Oscars submission for Best Foreign Language Film.[9]

The Long Walk

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Her third feature, The Long Walk (Lao: ບໍ່ມີວັນຈາກ) (2019), premiered in the Giornate degli Autori section of the 76th Venice International Film Festival.[10] She won Best Director at the 45th Boston-Science Fiction Film Festival.[11]

Filmography

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Feature films

Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes
2012 Chanthaly Yes No Yes Also makeup artist
2015 River No No Executive producer
2016 Dearest Sister Yes No Yes Also makeup artist
2016 Bangkok Nites No No Co-producer
2019 The Long Walk Yes No Yes

Short films

Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes
2020 The Tuk Tuk of the Fifth Kind No No Yes

Personal life

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Do was born in Los Angeles, California, to immigrant parents who left Laos during the communist revolution.[12] Do returned to Vientiane in 2010 with her husband to take care of her retired father.[13] 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.[14]

References

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  1. ^ Marsh, James (2013-09-26). "Fantastic Fest 2013 Review: Chanthaly is A Haunting Portrait of Modern Day Laos". Twitch. Archived from the original on 2014-06-16. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  2. ^ a b Do, Mattie (May 2014). "dearest sister". Vimeo. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
  3. ^ "Nong Hak 'Dearest Sister' - A Lao Horror Film". Retrieved 2014-05-21.
  4. ^ "Chanthaly". Fantastic Fest. 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-05-17. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  5. ^ a b "dearest sister". Les Cinemas du Monde. Archived from the original on 2014-05-21. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
  6. ^ Caroline Besse (2014-05-16). "La Fabrique des Cinémas du monde, possible tremplin pour les jeunes réalisateurs". Telerama. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
  7. ^ Thanh Phương (2014-05-24). "Liên hoan Cannes hỗ trợ điện ảnh các nước nghèo". Radio France Internationale. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
  8. ^ Frater, Patrick (18 September 2017). "Laos Selects 'Dearest Sister' as First Foreign-Language Oscar Submission". Variety. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  9. ^ "MATTIE DO――Depicting real lives of Lao women | Features". Japan Foundation Asia Center (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-01-15.
  10. ^ "'The Long Walk' ('Bor Mi Vanh Chark'): Film Review | Venice 2019". The Hollywood Reporter. 4 September 2019.
  11. ^ "Boston SciFi Film Festival Awards". Boston SciFi.
  12. ^ "IMDB entry for Chanthaly". IMDb.
  13. ^ "Mattie Do". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
  14. ^ "Lao Horror, Lao Hopes: 10 Questions with Mattie Do". littlelaosontheprairie.org. 2013-01-18. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
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