Pham Thi Hao

Pham Thi Hao

Director | Editor | Instructor

Pham Thi Hao is a filmmaker and film editor deeply involved in Vietnam’s independent and documentary cinema scene.
She graduated with a degree in Film Directing from the Ho Chi Minh City University of Theatre and Cinema, and later enhanced her documentary filmmaking skills through courses at Ateliers Varan (Vietnam) and La Fémis (France).

Hao has independently produced and directed several short films with personal and experimental approaches. As an editor, she works across both fiction and documentary films, collaborating with young directors on projects that emphasize artistic and individual expression.

Some of the films she has edited have received international recognition, including Grandmother Bua’s Carpet (2011), The Last Journey of Madam Phung (2014), Father’s Last Words (2014), Another City (2015), Father and Son (2017), The Sleeping City (2018), Blessed Land (2019), The Glorious Pain (2020), and At the Triangle Intersection (2025).

KNOW FOR

March 23rd

(Short Documentary)

Director

2017

Highnoon

(Short experimental film)

Director

(2015)

The man in a night dance club

(Short Haiku Video)

Director

2014

Motor by Night

(Short documentary)

Director

2008

Beer and Relax

(Short documentary)

Director

2007

Daughter’s mother

(Short documentary)

Director

2006

The apprentices

(Short documentary)

Director

2006

The Bower

(Short fiction)

Director

2005

At the Triangle Intersection

(dir. Toru Yamada)

Editor

2025

578 Magnum

(dir. Luong Dinh Dung)

Editor

2022

The Glorious Pain

(dir. Le My Cuong)

Editor

2021

Blessed Land

(dir. Le My Cuong)

Editor

2019

Drowsy City

(dir. Luong Dinh Dung)

Editor

2019

Father & Son

(dir. Luong Dinh Dung)

Editor

2017

My father, the last communist

(dir. Doan Hong Le)

Editor

2016

Another city

(dir. Pham Ngoc Lan)

Editor

2015

Madam Phung’s Last Journey

(dir. Nguyen Thi Tham)

Editor

2014

Mrs Bua’s Carpet

(dir. Duong Mong Thu)

Editor

2011