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Maung Wunna (Burmese: မောင် ဝဏ္ဏ, 19 January 1947 – 11 January 2011) was a two-time Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards-winning Burmese director and writer.[1] He came from a family heavily involved in the entertainment industry—his father Thadu was a director and his brother Thu Maung was a prominent singer and actor[1] and Min Lu was a reputed satirist. Maung Wunna died of lung cancer in 2011.[1]

Maung

Wunna
မောင် ဝဏ္ဏ
Maung Wunna in 1991.
Born19 January 1947
Rangoon, British Burma
Died11 January 2011 (2011-01-12) (aged 63)
Thingangyun Township, Yangon, Myanmar
NationalityBurmese
OccupationDirector, Writer
SpouseCho Cho Yi
Children1 daughter, 2 sons
RelativesThu Maung, Min Lu (brother)
AwardsMyanmar Academy Award (1971, 1990)

Career


Wunna worked from an early age as a sound engineer and film editor for his novelist and filmmaker father, Thadu. In 1970 he earned a BA in philosophy from University of Yangon. His first film as a director, Katipa phanat see shwe htee hsaung, was released in 1971, and he won the National Award for Best Direction. Alongside his work as screenwriter and director, Maung Wunna published articles on film, short stories and novels.

After 42 years of regional release, his 1973 film Tender Are the Feet was premiered at the Forum section of the 64th Berlin Film Festival in February 2014.[2]


Filmography



Awards


Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards

References







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