The nearly 3-decade marriage of director Bui Thac Chuyen and actress Tu Oanh
Director Bui Thac Chuyen and actress Tu Oanh are secretive about their private lives and rarely share about their married life.
2023 was a year of great success for director Bui Thac Chuyen. His work "Glorious Ashes" won big at major award ceremonies.
Director Bui Thac Chuyen won the Best Director award at the 23rd Vietnam Film Festival. "Glorious Ashes" won the Golden Lotus award at the film festival, won the Golden Kite award at the 2022 Kite Awards and won the highest award at the Three Continents Film Festival in France.
Director Bui Thac Chuyen also has a strong marriage that is admired by many people. He and actress Tu Oanh have been married for many years and have 3 sons.
The couple were both born in 1968 in Hanoi. Tu Oanh and Bui Thac Chuyen studied at the University of Theatre and Cinema. In their second year of university, the couple had special feelings for each other.
After 7 years of dating, they got married. Actress Tu Oanh once said about her husband: "A strict director on set but easy-going in the family, responsible and extremely trustworthy."
After giving birth to her first child, due to financial difficulties, actress Tu Oanh worked at the Youth Theater and as an administrative staff to support her husband. The actress opened a photo studio, a fashion store, and also worked as a makeup artist and bridal beautician...
At that time, director Bui Thac Chuyen worked hard to make films from feature films, commercials, documentaries, TV series... to make a living.
In an interview with the media, actress Tu Oanh revealed the couple's principle when in love: "Love is helping each other move forward." They bring that principle into their family life.
Tu Oanh has been absent from the small screen for 16 years. When her children grew up and her finances were stable, she returned to acting. 2021 marks Tu Oanh's return to the small screen with the role of Mrs. Bich in "The Taste of Love".
In the following years, she continuously participated in TV series. She took on the role of Mrs. Hanh - Captain Vu's mother (Thanh Son) in "Battle of wits", Mrs. Phuong in the movie "Don't say anything when you love", and the role of Ngan in "Unbounded War"...
Also in 2021, after 10 years of not producing films, Bui Thac Chuyen traveled across Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong to film a documentary project called "Fearless", the content revolving around the COVID-19 epidemic.
In 2022, Bui Thac Chuyen released the movie "Glorious Ashes", marking his return after 10 years since the horror movie "Blood Curse". The work received many compliments for its artistic quality, personal, sophisticated and life-like storytelling.
Director Bui Thac Chuyen and his wife collaborated on several films: "Bo Vo", "Tuoi Tat", "12A va 4H"...
