Nay Linn Htun

Biography of the director

Nay Linn Htun is a freelance videographer from Kant Balu Township in Sagaing Region in upper Myanmar. Having turned his hand to documentary filmmaking in 2012, he screened his first film, Moonshine over Flower School, at the Art of Freedom Festival in 2013. Since enrolling at Yangon Film School in 2014, he has taken on the role of cinematographer on a number of documentaries including fellow student Ngwe Ngwe Khine’s The Bus Conductor and Sai Naw Kham’s 32 Souls. Since directing his own documentary Made in Mandalay, which he also shot and directed, he directed the short drama Book Lover which received Best Actress Award at the 2016 Wathann Film Festival.

Filmography of the director

2012
Moonshine over Flower School

Director

21‘40‘‘

2015
32 Souls

Cinematographer

25‘30‘‘

2016
Made in Mandalay

Director/Cinematographer

12‘1‘‘

2017

Director

14‘45‘‘

2017
The Bus Conductor

Cinematographer

17‘22‘‘