Charlie Nguyen, Vietnamese name is Nguyen Chanh Truc (born September 25, 1968), is VietnameseâÂÂAmerican film director, screenwriter and producer.
He is the older brother of actor Johnny Tri Nguyen, he and Johnny with comedian Van Son are nephews of actor Nguyen Chanh Tin.
In 1992, Nguyen started his own production company called Cinema Pictures in California, which was later evolved into Chanh Phuong Films in 2004 in Vietnam. His film credits include Hung Vuong the 18th/Thá»Âi Hùng Vðáng 18 (1994, writer/director), Chances Are/VáºÂt ÃÂá»Âi Sao Dá»Âi (2002, writer/director), Finding Madison (2005, co-producer), Fool For Love/ÃÂá» Mai TÃÂnh (2009, director), the award-winning hit release by The Weinstein Company, The Rebel/Dòng Máu Anh Hùng (2006, co-writer/co-producer/director), The Prince and the Pagoda Boy/Khát Vá»Âng ThÃÂng Long (2010, writer), the Vietnam box office record comedy - Big Boss/Long Ruá»Âi (2011, director), Love Puzzles/Cðá»Âi Ngay Kẻo lỡ (2012, writer/director), Little Teo/Tèo Em (2013, writer/director), Vietnam banned martial arts gangster - Cho Lon/Bụi ÃÂá»Âi Chợ Lá»Ân (2013, writer/director), Vampire Diary (2014, additional action director), Fool For Love 2/ÃÂá» Mai TÃÂnh 2 (2014, director/co-writer) and (2015, producer), Fanatic/Fan Cuá»Âng (2016, writer/director), Jailbait/Em Chða 18 (2017, producer/co-writer), Daddy Issues/Há»Ân Papa, Da Con Gái (2018, producer), My Mr. Wife/Chàng Vợ Của Em (2018, co-writer/director)and What We Forgot to Remember/Ngðá»Âi Cần Quên Phải Nhá» (2020, producer/story by). He's currently in development of several feature films, mini series and directing commercials in Saigon.
Nguyen is married to Diane Nguyen and father to the U.S. national karate champion, Jasmine Nguyen. He is the brother of actor Johnny TràNguyỠn.