Vital Stats: Duc Luu
- Member for: 869 day(s)
- Gender: Male
- Birthday: October 21
- Location: Hong Kong
- Languages spoken: English, Cantonese, Mandarin
- Relationship status: Single
- Interested in meeting people for:: Dating Women, Relationship Women, Friends, Activity Partners
- Chinese Zodiac: Horse
- Astrological Sign: Libra 9/23-10/22
- Smoking: Don't smoke
- Alcohol drinking: Occasionally
About Me
After a bachelor’s degree at Yale University in Economics and Theater Studies, and then graduate acting work at the Yale School of Drama, Duc Luu has worked as a writer-director, producer, actor, and voice-over artist in numerous productions including: Ultraviolet (Kurt Wimmer, Milla Jovovich), Becoming, Infernal Affairs (Andy Lau), Silverhawk (Michelle Yoeh), The Counting House (RAI TV). Commercially, Duc just directed two TVCs for Suicide Prevention Services. Duc was nominated for Best Director of a Documentary at the Asian Festival of First Films in Singapore, December 2005.
Other film projects he is currently developing as a writer/director are: a romantic-comedy, The Perfect Guy which is in negotiations with several international production companies; Scratch, an urban television drama series commissioned by a Taiwanese Cable TV network; suspense crime thriller set in Shanghai Uneasy Ground; and O, an interactive videogame and franchise action adventure film. Duc Luu has also recently been commissioned to write the screenplay adaptation of the international bestseller Red Poppies by Alai, which was named Los Angeles Times’ 2004 Book of the Year and awarded the Mao Dun Prize, China’s highest literary honor.
Other film projects he is currently developing as a writer/director are: a romantic-comedy, The Perfect Guy which is in negotiations with several international production companies; Scratch, an urban television drama series commissioned by a Taiwanese Cable TV network; suspense crime thriller set in Shanghai Uneasy Ground; and O, an interactive videogame and franchise action adventure film. Duc Luu has also recently been commissioned to write the screenplay adaptation of the international bestseller Red Poppies by Alai, which was named Los Angeles Times’ 2004 Book of the Year and awarded the Mao Dun Prize, China’s highest literary honor.
Background
- Hometown: San Jose, California
- Occupation: Film Director/Actor/Writer
- Companies: DNA Films Limited
- Schools: Yale University, Yale School of Drama
- Hobbies and interests: Fine Arts, Literature / Writing, Photography, Basketball, American Football, Martial Arts, Graphic Arts, Music, Films / Movies, Television, Food / Cooking, Theater / Acting, Languages
Favorites
- Favorite Music: Linkin Park, Modest Mouse, Gwen Stefanie, Timbaland
- Favorite Movies: The Killing, Clockwork Orange, Pulp Fiction, Shawshank Redemption, Forrest Gump, The World According to Garp, 40 Year Old Virgin, Chinatown, The Godfather, When Harry Met Sally, Fight Club, Say Anything, Saint Elmo's Fire, Clueless, Blade Runner, Mean Girls, Lawrence of Arabia, The English Patient, Remember The Titans, Training Day, Rounders
- Favorite Tv Shows: Heroes, On the Lot, American Idol, Simpsons, Seinfeld, Friends, Silver Spoons, Who's the Boss, Batman, Transformers, Arrested Development, 30 Rock
- Favorite Books: Norwegian Wood, All the King's Men, Hamlet, A Long Day's Journey into Night, The Old Man and the Sea, Dance Dance Dance, Burn This, The Sandman, Of Mice and Men, Angle of Repose, An Actor Prepares
Contact links
- Other website links: http://dnasyndicate.com, http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=656605013
