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Victor Vu (born November 25, 1975) is a Vietnamese American film director and screenwriter. Vu has won Vietnamese awards and commercial success while also embroiled in plagiarism and dishonesty scandals. Along with critical acclaims, news media and public opinion have also accused him of plagiarism when similarities to foreign films come to light; in particular, Vietnamese regulators found Vu's film ''Inferno'' to have copied Hollywood's 1991 film Shattered. This resulted in ''Inferno's'' disqualification from Vietnam's Golden Kite Awards. ==Life and career== Born and raised in Southern California, Vu earned his BA in film production from Loyola Marymount University. He has directed ''Passport to Love'', ''Battle of the Brides'', ''Blood letter'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BLOOD LETTER - 2012 LA Asian Pacific Film Festival )〕 ''Spirits – Oan Hon'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Spirits of Vietnamese culture )〕 ''First Morning'', ''Inferno – Giao Lo Dinh Menh'', ''Scandal (2012)''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Trailer For Victor Vu's Slick Vietnamese Thriller SCANDAL )〕 and ''Vengeful Heart (2014)'' (Vietnamese: Quả Tim Máu). His social drama ''Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass'', co-funded by Vietnam's Cinema Department, is based on Nguyen Nhat Anh's best-selling novel.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cannes:Vietnam's Yellow Flowers picked by Fortissimo )〕 Vu was investigated— in Vietnam's first such case—by Vietnamese cinema regulators for plagiarism, after the Vietnamese news media and public accused his film ''Inferno'' of being a copy of Wolfgang Petersen's film ''Shattered''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Vietnam looks into first film plagiarism case )〕 A televised news report in Vietnam claimed that ''Inferno'' was up to 90% similar to the Hollywood film ''Shattered''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Vietnam Television exposes director Victor Vu )〕 Vu's press conference to counter accusations of plagiarism- Vu held a press conference in Vietnam to deny plagiarizing the movie ''Shattered'' but it was perceived in Vietnam as a dishonest whitewashing attempt. In his press conference Vu acknowledged the similarities but claimed he has never heard of Shattered and explained that the similarities are due to "what's called the creative pocess." Vu explained that he uses "exactly the Hollywood method and the Hitchcock method" and because all Hollywood films follow the same mold, it's inevitable that if he uses the Hollywood method his film has no choice but be similar from A to Z to other Hollywood films by coincidence, although the film idea was his. Vietnamese news media at Vu's press conference made public their recording of Vu's press conference.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Victor Vu press conference on plagiarism charges )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Similarities with Hollywood flick a ‘coincidence': director )〕 Facing rising public and news media criticism, officials of the Vietnamese Cinema Administration and Vietnamese Cinema Association opened the first ever official plagiarism investigation in Vietnamese cinema. They met on March 4, 2011 to watch Vu's film and compare it with ''Shattered''. Afterwards, they decided to eliminate the film from the Golden Kite Awards, saying that ''Inferno'' is too similar to the 1991 Hollywood film.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title="Inferno" removed from Golden Kite Award’s nomination )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Film suspected of plagiarism dropped from national award )〕 As well as controversy, Vu also garnered critical and box office success.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Vietnam's arts and entertainment has 'stealing' problem )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cannes:Vietnam's Yellow Flowers picked by Fortissimo )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Knockoff "Inferno" loses right to attend Award )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cannes:Fortissimo Films to Distribute Vietnam's Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Much hyped Vietnamese kids film to seek distribution at Cannes )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fortissimo adds Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass to Cannes slate )〕 At the 2012 Golden Kite Awards, Vu's period action film, ''Blood Letter'', won Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Cinematography, and Best Sound, however on Vietnamese social media there were also accusations this film copied from various Korean and Chinese films.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title="Sword of the Assassin"/"Blood Letter": exposed for plagiarism )〕 In the same year, Victor Vu's thriller ''Scandal (2012)'' received the Film Critics Award for Best Film and the Golden Kite for Best Supporting Actress.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Golden Kite Awards: Blood letter wins best film )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Golden Kite Winners Awarded )〕 Vu's romantic comedy ''Passport to Love'' won Audience Choice and Best Supporting Actress at the 2009 Golden Kite Awards.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=No gold for feature film at Golden Kite Award )〕 At the 18th National Film Festival, ''Scandal (2012)'' received the Golden Lotus Award for Best Feature Film, Best Director (Victor Vu) and Best Actress, while ''Blood letter'' took home the Silver Lotus Award.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Top filmmakers lauded at VN Film Festival )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Vietnam Film Festival honors artists of Vietnamese Cinema )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=And the winners of the Golden Lotus Awards are ... )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Victor Vu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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