Trịnh T. Minh-hà

Biography

Trịnh T. Minh-hà (born 1952) is a Vietnamese filmmaker, writer, literary theorist, composer, and professor. She has been making films for over thirty years and may be best known for her films Reassemblage, made in 1982, and Surname Viet Given Name Nam, made in 1985.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

female

Known Credits

36

Birth Place

Hanoi, Vietnam

Known For

• 

  What about China?
• 

  Night Passage
• 

  Forgetting Vietnam
• 

  bodies of the desert
• The Desert is Watching
• 

  The Fourth Dimension

Credits

• writing (9 credits)

  • Repetition in re-creation

    writer

    writing
    2026
  • What about China?

    writer

    writing
    2020
  • Night Passage

    writer

    writing
    2020
  • Forgetting Vietnam

    writer

    writing
    2016
  • The Fourth Dimension

    writer

    writing
    2001
  • A Tale of Love

    writer

    writing
    1995
  • Toc Storee

    novel

    writing
    1992
  • Surname Viêt Given Name Nam

    writer

    writing
    1989
  • Reassemblage: From the Firelight to the Screen

    writer

    writing
    1983

• actors (4 credits)

  • What about China?

    Voice

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • The Fourth Dimension

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • A Place of Rage

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • The Machine That Killed Bad People

    actor

    actors
    1990

• crew (1 credits)

  • What about China?

    cinematography

    crew
    2020

• directing (11 credits)

  • What about China?

    director

    directing
    2020
  • Night Passage

    director

    directing
    2020
  • Forgetting Vietnam

    director

    directing
    2016
  • bodies of the desert

    director

    directing
    2005
  • The Desert is Watching

    director

    directing
    2003
  • The Fourth Dimension

    director

    directing
    2001
  • A Tale of Love

    director

    directing
    1995
  • Shoot for the Contents

    director

    directing
    1992
  • Surname Viêt Given Name Nam

    director

    directing
    1989
  • Naked Spaces: Living Is Round

    director

    directing
    1985
  • Reassemblage: From the Firelight to the Screen

    director

    directing
    1983

• editing (6 credits)

  • What about China?

    editor

    editing
    2020
  • Night Passage

    editor

    editing
    2020
  • The Fourth Dimension

    editor

    editing
    2001
  • A Tale of Love

    editor

    editing
    1995
  • Surname Viêt Given Name Nam

    editor

    editing
    1989
  • Reassemblage: From the Firelight to the Screen

    editor

    editing
    1983

• sound (1 credits)

  • Night Passage

    sound designer

    sound
    2020

• production (3 credits)

  • Night Passage

    producer

    production
    2020
  • The Fourth Dimension

    producer

    production
    2001
  • A Tale of Love

    producer

    production
    1995

• camera (1 credits)

  • The Fourth Dimension

    still photographer

    camera
    2001