Wyne (film director)

Wyne (Own Creator) (Burmese: ဝိုင်း; born Tun Zaw Win on December 22, 1973) is a film director and screenwriter of Burmese cinema.[1] His career began as a supporting actor in Burmese films. He gained success as a director in the early days of his career by directing music videos. He is best known for directing the short film Ban that Scene.[2][3]

Wyne (Own Creator)
Wyne at the 2018 Myanmar Academy Awards
Born	Tun Zaw Win 22 December 1973
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter, actor
Years active	2000–present
Children	1
Awards	Myanmar Academy Awards (2013, 2015, 2017, 2018)

Biography

Wyne entered the film industry immediately after completing his matriculation exams in 1991. He started his career as a supporting actor in Burmese films. Through hard work, dedication and (to a lesser extent) good looks, directors started to notice him. The first chance to be a supporting actor comes in 1995 and since then Wyne has not looked back. He appeared in various films till 2003. He also took up lessons in script writing from the age of 25 and decided to switch from being an actor to a director by the age of 30. He started with directing MTV sets for Myanmar music, become successful and eventually receive offers from movie producers to direct full-fledged films. However, his real success came in 2011 with his original film Adam, Eve and Datsa. This film lead to the starring actor and actress to be awarded in the Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards. The film was shown in Singapore and L.A. and was a major release in Myanmar.[4][1]

Filmography

Film (Cinema)

Year	Title	Functioned as
		Director	Writer	Role
2009	Kyauk Sat Yay	Yes	No
2011	Adam, Eve and Datsa[5][6]	Yes	Yes	Himself
2012	Hna Lone Taar Abidan	Yes	Yes	Himself
2012	Red Cotton Silk Flower	Yes	No	Himself
2013	As U Like[7]	Yes	Yes	Himself
	Satan's Dancer	Yes	No
2014	Mar Yar Project	Yes	No	Himself
	Thet Tan Thit	Yes	Yes
	Made in Heart	Yes	Yes
2015	I'm Rose, Darling	Yes	No	Himself
	Slaves of Cupid	Yes	No
2016	My Lovely Hate	Yes	Yes
2017	Yin Bat Htae Ka Dar	Yes	Yes
	Tar Tay Gyi	Yes	No
	3Girls	Yes	No
2018	Shwe Kyar	Yes	Yes
	CO2	Yes	Yes
	Letter To President	Yes	No

Frequent actor collaborations

Years	2009	2011	2012		2013		2014			2015		2016	2017				2018
Actors	Kyauk Sat Yay	Adam, Eve and Datsa	Hna Lone Taar Abidan	Red Cotton Silk Flower	As You Like	Satan Ye Ka Chay Te(Dancer of Satan)	Mar Yar Project	Thet Tan Thit	Made in Heart	I'm Rose, Darling	Slaves Of Cupid	My Lovely Hate	Yin Bat Htae Ka Dar	Tar Tay Gyi	3Girls	Nay Win Ate Tan Tat	Shwe Kyar (Golden Lotus)	CO2	A Letter To The President	Kha Yay	Total
Myint Myat																					2
Htun Eaindra Bo																					3
Soe Myat Thuzar																					2
Pyay Ti Oo																					6
Sai Sai Kham Hlaing																					2
Thet Mon Myint																					4
Nay Toe																					6
Phway Phway																					10
Yoon Yoon																					3
Wut Hmone Shwe Yee																					4
Zin Wine																					3
Aung Ye Lin																					2
A Linn Yaung																					4
Paing Phyo Thu																					2

References

1. "Myanmar's best grossing movie director Wyne bares all about the industry". Myanmar Insider. 19 August 2014.
2. "Wine vows to film on after police run-in". The Myanmar Times. 9 July 2012.
3. "Killing Creativity". The Irrawaddy. 1 July 2016.
4. "Director Wine continues awards roll". The Myanmar Times. 13 February 2012.
5. "Interview with Stars of "Adam, Eve and Datsa" Film".
6. CTO ADMIN. "အာဒမ္ရယ္..ဧ၀ရယ္....ဒသရယ္".
7. "နင္ေစရင္". movie.guide.com.mm.