Born in Yangon in 1974, Pe Maung Same developed his love for documentary as an editor of newsreel and historical films at AV Media; he also produced his own VCD magazine, ‘Disc Diary’. A participant of the very first YFS workshop in 2005, he has worked on a large number of YFS productions, often as cinematographer. Set in Phya Phone, his 2006 directorial debut Like Father, Like Son won a Heinrich Boell Foundation Documentary Award in 2007; his subsequent work displays his enduring fascination for the people and landscapes of Myanmar’s Ayeyarwaddy Delta region. He was co-director of the first feature-length documentary from Myanmar, Nargis – when time stopped breathing (2010).