Nguyễn Khắc Lợi

Biography

Nguyễn Khắc Lợi (August 23, 1932 – August 2, 2024) was a Vietnamese director, known for both his documentary films and his war dramas, many of which are literary adaptations. He began his career as a secondary camera operator for Roman Karmen's "Việt Nam" (1955), and belonged to the first generation of Vietnamese filmmakers who were sent to the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Soviet Russia to study their craft. Later in his life, he became one of the first mentors at the Hanoi Academy of Theater and Cinema. Among his mentees is screenwriter and director Phạm Nhuệ Giang.

Movies directed by Nguyễn Khắc Lợi

• The General Retires 1988 · ★ 7.5
• Two Mothers 1975
• A Club with No Name 1977
• The Fight Still Goes On 1966
• Nguyễn Ái Quốc in Hong Kong 2003
• Land of No Solitude 1982
• Cơn Lốc Biển 1984
• An Affair Behind Bars 1986