Nyein Chan Kyaw Explained

Nyein Chan Kyaw
Birth Date:25 July 1982
Birth Place:Mandalay, Burma
Nationality:Burmese
Occupation:Actor, Writer
Awards:New York Movie Awards 2020
Years Active:2015–present
Alma Mater:Myanmar Institute of Theology

Nyein Chan Kyaw (Burmese: ငြိမ်းချမ်းကျော်; born 25 July 1982) is a Burmese actor and writer. He has starred in several Burmese films and direct-to-videos, and best known for his role in the 2016 Burmese drama film The Gemini.[1] [2]

Career

Nyein Chan Kyaw began acting in direct-to-videos, becoming widely noted for his role as Phoe Tar, a retarded boy, in 2015 direct-to-video Phoe Tar. In 2016, he starred his debut film The Gemini, the first LGBT-themed film in cinema of Myanmar, in which he played the role of a homosexual novelist.[3] Nyein Chan Kyaw has since acted in four other feature films, drama series and direct-to-videos. In 2019, he returned to acting with Myint Myat in Black Rose Mission .[4] He won the New York Movie Awards 2020, Best Actor for his role in 2020 film The Naked Ghost.[5] Nyein Chan Kyaw started his writing career in 2016 by his debut film, The Gemini. In 2020, he writes a horror screenplay The Vacant, in which he casts one of the main role, a century aged ghost clingy to the colonial-style manor.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Convoluted plot and tech issues undo gay romantic thriller 'The Gemini'. Los Angeles. Times.
  2. News: Yu Mon Kyaw . မေထုန်ရာသီဖွား"ရုပ်ရှင်ဇာတ်ကား အမေရိကန်မှာလည်း ပြသဖို့ စီစဉ် . 19 July 2020 . . 25 July 2016.
  3. News: မေထုန်ရာသီဖွား ဇာတ်ကားအတွက် "ပရိသတ်ကို လိမ်ညာပြီး ပြောခဲ့တာ တစ်ခုမှ မရှိဘူး"လို့ ညိုမင်းလွင်တုန့်ပြန် (In Burmese) . 19 July 2020 . . 18 October 2016.
  4. News: Khin Lay Myint . စိန်ခေါ် လိမ်လည်မှုများနဲ့ အယူတော်မင်္ဂလာ . 19 July 2020 . Yangon Life . 6 June 2019.
  5. News: Nadi . မြန်မာသရဲကား The Naked Ghost က နိုင်ငံတကာရုပ်ရှင်ဆု ၃ဆု ဆွတ်ခူး (In Burmese) . 19 July 2020 . . 16 May 2020.
  6. Web site: The Vacant . IMDb . 19 July 2020.
  7. Web site: Burmese Director Explores Same-Sex Relationships in New Film. 28 January 2016.
  8. Web site: Phoe Tar . IMDb . 19 July 2020.
  9. Web site: Let Alone Impossible . IMDb . 19 July 2020.
  10. Web site: Thit Sar Chi Tine . La La Kyi . 19 July 2020.