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Mattie Do

Mattie Do
ແມດດີ ໂດ
Born
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupations
  • Film director
  • film producer
Years active2012–present

Mattie Do (Lao: ແມດດີ ໂດ) is a Laotian-American film director. She is Laos's first and only female film director and the first horror film director from Laos.

Personal life

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Do was born in Los Angeles, California, to immigrant parents who left Laos during the communist revolution.[1] Do returned to Vientiane in 2010 with her husband to take care of her retired father.[2] She trained originally as a make-up artist and worked on film productions in Europe and America before becoming a consultant to the oldest film company in Laos, Lao Art Media, upon her return in 2010.[3] She, her husband and their dog Mango live in Vientiane, Laos.[4]

Career

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Chanthaly

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Her directorial debut, Chanthaly (Lao: ຈັນທະລີ) (2012), was the first horror film written and directed entirely in Laos,[5][6] as well as the first to be screened at major film festivals outside of Southeast Asia[7] like the 2013 Fantastic Fest.[8]

Dearest Sister

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Do's second feature film, Dearest Sister (2016), (Lao: ນ້ອງຮັກ)[6] was chosen to attend the 2014 Cannes Film Festival as part of the La Fabrique des Cinémas du monde program[3][9][10] and was selected as the Laotian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, the first time that Laos submitted a film for consideration in this category.[11] It was screened at more than 20 film festivals and was selected by Laos as its first Oscars submission for Best Foreign Language Film.[12]

The Long Walk

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Her third feature, The Long Walk (Lao: ບໍ່ມີວັນຈາກ) (2019), premiered in the Giornate degli Autori section of the 76th Venice International Film Festival.[13] She won Best Director at the 45th Boston-Science Fiction Film Festival.[14]

Filmography

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Feature films

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Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes
2012 Chanthaly Yes No Yes Also; makeup artist, sound editor
2015 River No No Executive producer
2016 Dearest Sister Yes No Yes Also makeup artist
2016 Bangkok Nites No No Co-producer
2019 The Long Walk Yes No Yes

Television

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Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes
2021 Creepshow No Yes No Episode: "Drug Traffic"

Short films

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Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes
2020 The Tuk Tuk of the Fifth Kind No No Yes
2025 The Sleeping Beauty Yes No No Premiered at the Locarno,[15]

Awards and nominations

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Award Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
Venice Film Festival 2019 Venice Days The Long Walk Nominated [16]
Sitges Film Festival 2019 Best Director The Long Walk Won [17]
Best Motion Picture Nominated
Oldenburg International Film Festival 2021 Tribute Mattie Do Won [18]
Lusca Fantastic Film Fest 2019 Best International Director The Long Walk Won [19]
QCinema International Film Festival 2019 Asian Next Wave The Long Walk Nominated [20][21]

References

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  1. ^ "IMDB entry for Chanthaly". IMDb.
  2. ^ "Mattie Do". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
  3. ^ a b "dearest sister". Les Cinemas du Monde. Archived from the original on 2014-05-21. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
  4. ^ "Lao Horror, Lao Hopes: 10 Questions with Mattie Do". littlelaosontheprairie.org. 2013-01-18. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  5. ^ Marsh, James (2013-09-26). "Fantastic Fest 2013 Review: Chanthaly is A Haunting Portrait of Modern Day Laos". Twitch. Archived from the original on 2014-06-16. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  6. ^ a b Do, Mattie (May 2014). "dearest sister". Vimeo. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
  7. ^ "Nong Hak 'Dearest Sister' - A Lao Horror Film". Retrieved 2014-05-21.
  8. ^ "Chanthaly". Fantastic Fest. 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-05-17. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  9. ^ Caroline Besse (2014-05-16). "La Fabrique des Cinémas du monde, possible tremplin pour les jeunes réalisateurs". Telerama. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
  10. ^ Thanh Phương (2014-05-24). "Liên hoan Cannes hỗ trợ điện ảnh các nước nghèo". Radio France Internationale. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
  11. ^ Frater, Patrick (18 September 2017). "Laos Selects 'Dearest Sister' as First Foreign-Language Oscar Submission". Variety. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  12. ^ "MATTIE DO――Depicting real lives of Lao women | Features". Japan Foundation Asia Center (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-01-15.
  13. ^ "'The Long Walk' ('Bor Mi Vanh Chark'): Film Review | Venice 2019". The Hollywood Reporter. 4 September 2019.
  14. ^ "Boston SciFi Film Festival Awards". Boston SciFi.
  15. ^ "The Sleeping Beauty". Locarno Film Festival. 8 July 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  16. ^ Wiseman, Andreas (2019-07-23). "Venice Days Lineup Includes Toni Servillo, Cécile De France, Golshifteh Farahani & Fernando Meirelles-Produced Climate Change Doc". Deadline. Retrieved 2025-01-18.
  17. ^ Foundation, Japan; Vientiane (2019-10-24). "Mattie Do was just awarded BEST DIRECTOR". The Japan Foundation, Vientiane. Retrieved 2025-01-18.
  18. ^ "Mattie Do » 31. Internationales Filmfest Oldenburg". filmfest-oldenburg.de. Retrieved 2025-01-18.
  19. ^ Singleton, Julian (2019-09-21). "Fantastic Fest 2019: THE LONG WALK Rewards Patient Audiences - Cinapse". Cinapse - Cinema Discovery and Discussion. Retrieved 2025-01-18.
  20. ^ "12 Films you cannot miss at the QCinema International Film Festival". Asian Film Festivals. 2019-10-10. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
  21. ^ Shackleton, Liz (October 6, 2019). "Philippines' QCinema fest launches Asian Next Wave competition". Screen Daily. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
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