"Hanoi 12 days and nights" film's director passes away
People’s Artist Bui Dinh Hac - director of the movie “Hanoi 12 days and nights” which is one of the best Vietnam war films about the struggles and courageous fight against American bombers during the historic air campaign Operation Linebacker II over Hanoi in December 1972 , passed away on July 1 in Hanoi at the age of 90, his family announced on July 2.
People’s Artist Bui Dinh Hac (Photo: Courtesy of his family)
Hanoi (VNA)♐ – People’s Artist Bui Dinh Hac - director ofthe movie “Hanoi 12 days and nights” which is one of the best Vietnam war films aboutthe struggles and courageous fight against American bombers during the historicair campaign Operation Linebacker II over Hanoi in December 1972 , passed away on July1 in Hanoi at the age of 90, his family announced on July 2.
Hac was born in 1934 in the northern province of Phu Tho. Hestarted working in the film industry in 1953 in the Viet Bac (Northern Vietnam) Base during the resistance war against the French colonials. He belonged to the first generation who laid the first bricks for the VietnameseRevolutionary Cinema. After graduating from Hanoi Academy of Theatre and Cinema,he continued to study in Russia. His first work was the documentary film "Water to Bac HungHai" (1959) that was made when he was only 25 years old. The film won theGold Award at the 1959 Moscow Film Festival, making it the first Vietnamese movie to be awarded a gold award at an international festival.
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In his 50-year career, Hac made both documentaries and featurefilms. He produced famous films including “Nguyen Van Troi lives forever"(1964), "Nguyen Van Troi" (1966), "The way to the motherland" (1971), "Saigon in May 1975" (1975), "A song forUncle Ho" (1978), "Nguyen Ai Quoc came to Lenin" (1979),"Road to the Fatherland" (1980), and "Ho Chi Minh – A portrait"(1989). From 2002 to 2005, his film "Hanoi 12 Days and Nights"produced in 2002 participated in a series of major international film festivals. Hac received internationaland domestic film awards. In 1984, he was conferred the title of People'sArtist by the State and in 2007, he was awarded the Ho Chi Minh Prize forLiterature and Art for his seven unique cinematographic works. He used to hold important positions, including Director of theCentral Documentary Film Studio, Director of the Cinema Department, and DeputyGeneral Secretary of the Vietnam Cinema Association./.
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People’s Artist Bui Dinh Hac (Photo: Courtesy of his family) 
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