Kim Nguyen is a Canadian film director and screenwriter, best known for his Academy Award-nominated and Canadian Screen Award-winning 2012 film War Witch (Rebelle).The film was the top winner at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards; in addition to being named Best Picture and winning acting awards for two of its stars, Nguyen himself won the awards for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.
Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec to a Vietnamese father and a French Canadian mother, Nguyen has directed four feature films to date.
He is a 1997 graduate of Concordia University in Montreal, having earned a BFA.
