Nang Chan Myayt Aye

Director

Biography of the director

Nang Chan Myayt Aye (born in 1987) is Shan-Pa-O and grew up in Hopong Township in southern Shan State in Myanmar. After taking a science degree at Taunggyi Technology University, she volunteered for several civil society organisations. Since joining YFS in 2016, she has taken part in courses including in participatory video and later co-facilitated a YFS Travelling Cinema placement in Inle Lake’s Naung Shwe. She was also a co-creator of the short YFS-produced fiction The Banyan Tree about a young Shan girl’s struggle to overcome the trauma of civil war. Nang Chan Myayt Aye’s first documentary was Buy, Sell, Resell; her third documentary is The Campaigner. She is currently developing a feature-length documentary about the economic and environmental threats to the people who live along Nam Teng creek, a tributary of the Thanlwin River in Shan State.

Filmography of the director

2020

14‘49‘‘

2020

Co-Director

16‘24‘‘

2018

Co-Animator

5‘0‘‘

2017

15‘28‘‘

2016

Cinematographer

7‘8‘‘