Andy Nguyen

Biography

Andy Nguyen (he/him, 2002-present) is a visual artist specializing in filmmaking and photography based in Toronto. Born in a small town in France and then having lived in Hong Kong, then his home country of Vietnam most of his childhood, he moved to Canada in 2018 where he jumpstarted his career in filmmaking. His short “in case you don’t live forever” was shown in Gallery44’s OUTREACH Envision Youth Exhibition in Toronto. Currently a student at Ryerson University School of Image Arts, his documentary short "heroes" shot on 16mm was selected for the TIFF Next Wave Film Festival in 2021. Graduating from Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts, Andy has received the Shary Boyle VMA Encouragement Award and the Film Award. With a great love for all artistic mediums, his photography was published in Toronto Public Library’s Young Voices Magazine, and other various online magazines. As a trans person of Southeast Asian descent, Andy wishes to continue to create more projects that reflect on gender and cultural identity.

Most Famous Work

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heroes

(2020) Casting Director

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it's a girl!

(2020) Writer

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to boyhood, i never knew him

(2022) Writer

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2022	Himself	to boyhood, i never knew him 2022-12-13 Movie
	Self	The Talk 2022-05-27 Movie
2020	Himself	it's a girl! 2020-12-02 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2022	Director	to boyhood, i never knew him 2022-12-13 Movie
2020	Director	it's a girl! 2020-12-02 Movie
	Director	heroes 2020-11-11 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Editing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2022	Editor	to boyhood, i never knew him 2022-12-13 Movie
2020	Editor	it's a girl! 2020-12-02 Movie
	Editor	heroes 2020-11-11 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2022	Writer	to boyhood, i never knew him 2022-12-13 Movie
2020	Writer	it's a girl! 2020-12-02 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Art

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2020	Art Direction	it's a girl! 2020-12-02 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Camera

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2020	Director of Photography	it's a girl! 2020-12-02 Movie
	Director of Photography	heroes 2020-11-11 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2020	Producer	it's a girl! 2020-12-02 Movie
	Producer	heroes 2020-11-11 Movie
	Casting Director	heroes 2020-11-11 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv