Wyne (film director)

Wyne (Own Creator) (Burmese: ဝိုင်း; born Tun Zaw Win on 22 December 1973) is a film director, screenwriter and former actor.^[1] His career began as a supporting actor in Burmese films. He gained success as a director in the early days of his career by directing music videos. He is best known for directing the short film Ban that Scene.^[2][3]

Wyne (Own Creator)
Wyne at the 2018 Myanmar Academy Awards
Born	Tun Zaw Win (1973-12-22) 22 December 1973 (age 51)
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter, actor
Years active	2000–present
Children	1
Awards	Myanmar Academy Awards (2013, 2015, 2017, 2018)

Biography

Wyne entered the film industry immediately after completing his matriculation exams in 1991. He started his career as a supporting actor in Burmese films. Through hard work, dedication and (to a lesser extent) good looks, directors started to notice him. The first chance to be a supporting actor comes in 1995 and since then Wyne has not looked back. He appeared in various films till 2003. He also took up lessons in script writing from the age of 25 and decided to switch from being an actor to a director by the age of 30. He started with directing MTV sets for Myanmar music, become successful and eventually receive offers from movie producers to direct full-fledged films. However, his real success came in 2011 with his original film Adam, Eve and Datsa. This film lead to the starring actor and actress to be awarded in the Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards. The film was shown in Singapore and L.A. and was a major release in Myanmar.^[4][1]

On 17 February 2021, in the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, authorities issued an arrest warrant for Wyne for encouraging civil servants to join ongoing civil disobedience movement, along with several other celebrities.^[5]

Filmography

Film (Cinema)

Year	Title	Functioned as
		Director	Writer	Role
2009	Kyauk Sat Yay	Yes	No
2011	Adam, Eve and Datsa[6][7]	Yes	Yes	Himself
2012	Hna Lone Taar Abidan	Yes	Yes	Himself
	Red Cotton Silk Flower	Yes	No	Himself
2013	As U Like[8]	Yes	Yes	Himself
	Satan's Dancer	Yes	No
2014	Mar Yar Project	Yes	No	Himself
	Thet Tan Thit	Yes	Yes
	Made in Heart	Yes	Yes
2015	I'm Rose, Darling	Yes	No	Himself
	Slaves of Cupid	Yes	No
2016	My Lovely Hate	Yes	Yes
2017	Yin Bat Htae Ka Dar	Yes	Yes
	Tar Tay Gyi	Yes	No
	3Girls	Yes	No
2018	Shwe Kyar	Yes	Yes
	CO2	Yes	Yes
	Letter to President	Yes	No
	Bride	Yes	No
2019	Palpitation in the Breeze	Yes	Yes
	Kha Yay	Yes	Yes
	Pa Pa Wadi See Yin Khan	Yes	Yes

Frequent actor collaborations

Years	2009	2011	2012		2013		2014			2015		2016	2017				2018				2019
Actors	Kyauk Sat Yay	Adam, Eve and Datsa	Hna Lone Thar Abidan	Red Cotton Silk Flower	As You Like	Satan's Dancer	Mar Yar Project	Thet Tan Thit	Made in Heart	I'm Rose, Darling	Slaves of Cupid	My Lovely Hate	Yin Bat Htae Ka Dar	Tar Tay Gyi	3Girls	Nay Win Ate Tan Tat	Shwe Kyar (Golden Lotus)	CO2	Letter to President	Bride	Palpitation in the Breeze	Kha Yay	Pa Pa Wadi See Yin Khan	Total
Myint Myat																								2
Htun Eaindra Bo																								3
Soe Myat Thuzar																								2
Pyay Ti Oo																								6
Sai Sai Kham Leng																								2
Thet Mon Myint																								4
Nay Toe																								6
Phway Phway																								13
Yoon Yoon																								3
Wutt Hmone Shwe Yi																								4
Zin Wine																								3
Aung Ye Lin																								2
A Linn Yaung																								6
Paing Phyo Thu																								2
Moe Hay Ko																								2
May																								2
Khin Wint Wah																								1