Pyae Zaw Phyo
Filmmaker/ Director/ Writer
Date of Birth: : 6th April 1989
Contact
No. (957/B), Kant Kaw Street, 25 Ward, South Dagon Township, Yangon, Myanmar
Ph: +959 79 8464 305, + 959 420 125 847
E-mail: pzphyofilm@gmail.com
Official Facebook Page : https://www.facebook.com/DirectorPyaeZawPhyo/
IMDb Link : https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7681228/?ref_=tt_ov_dr Website : https://skywardfilmmyanmar.com/
Academic Certificates
- Produire au Sud Script Developing and International Co-Production Workshop /
Bangkok / Thailand / 2015
Officially selected for the feature film script “Love for Life”
- Wesleyan University / USA / 2015
Certificate in “The Language of Hollywood; Storytelling, Sound and Color”
- Human Dignity Film Institute / Myanmar / 2014 Certificate in “Creative Documentary Filmmaking”
- Stark, School of Visual Art / Myanmar / 2013 Certificate in “Professional Film Editing”
- Yangon University / Myanmar / 2012 Certificate in “General Management”
- Defence Services Technological Academy / Myanmar / 2011
International Awards
- JEAN LUC GODARD Award / CATEGORY: The Best Horror/ Science Fiction/ Genre Film Cult Critic Movie Awards, 2019, Kolkata, India
The Dark Cinema / Feature Horror Film / 101 Min / Writer, Director -Prêmio Revelação – Longa Metragem for feature length film category
Festival Espantomania, 2019, São Paulo, Brazil
Psycho Zero/ Feature Omnibus Film/ 85 Min / Co-Director
- Best Horror/ Science Fiction/ Genre Film Award Cult Critic Movie Awards, March, 2019, Kolkata, India
The Dark Cinema / Feature Horror Film / 101 Min / Writer, Director
- Best Debut Filmmaker Award
Cult Critic Movie Awards, March, 2019, Kolkata, India
The Dark Cinema / Feature Horror Film / 101 Min / Writer, Director
- Best Horror/ Science Fiction/ Genre Film Award
Calcutta International Cult Film Festival, March, 2019, Kolkata, India
The Dark Cinema / Feature Horror Film / 101 Min / Writer, Director
- Outstanding Achievement Award for Debut Filmmaker
Calcutta International Cult Film Festival, March, 2019, Kolkata, India
The Dark Cinema / Feature Horror Film / 101 Min / Writer, Director
- Disability Justice Award
Superfest: International Disability Film Festival, 2017, San Francisco, USA
Traveller / Documentary / 25 Min / Director
- Han Thar Waddy U Win Tin Award (The Best National Film Award)
Human Rights Human Dignity International Film Festival, 2017, Yangon, Myanmar
Psycho Zero/ Feature Omnibus Film/ 85 Min / Co-Director
- Jury Mention Award
WeCare International Film Festival, 2016, New Delhi, India
Traveller/ Documentary/ 25 min/ Director
- 3rd Prize for The Best International Documentary ASEAN Film Festival, 2015, Hanoi, Vietnam
- VACLAV HAVEL LIBRARY Award
Human Rights Human Dignity International Film Festival, 2015, Yangon, Myanmar
Across/ Feature Length Documentary/ 90 min / Director
Experience Sharing about Filmmaking
-Panelist Speaker, Highlight of Yangon with Film Production, Yangon Then & Now Expo 2019
-Regular Host for the Script Club in Myanmar Motion Picture Development Department,
Yangon, Myanmar, 2018, 2019
- Invited as a Special Guest Speaker for the Filmmaking Experiences Sharing Workshop in
Madras Christian College (MCC), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, 2015
International Film Festival Attending
-16th China International Film & TV Program Exhibition, Beijing, China, 2019
- SUPERFEST International Disability Film Festival, San Francisco, USA, 2017
- One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Prague,
Czech Republic, 2016
- Kameleon International Film Festival, Pondicherry, India, 2015
- Human Rights Human Dignity International Travelling Film Festival, Pondicherry,
India, 2015
- Human Rights Human Dignity International Travelling Film Festival, Chennai,
India, 2015
- Human Rights Human Dignity International Film Festival, Yangon, Myanmar, 2014/ 2015/ 2016/ 2017
Professional Experiences
Feature Film
1. The Dark Cinema (မဟူရာရုပ္ရွင္ရံု / Ma Hu Yar Yote Shin Yone)
Feature Film / Horror / Myanmar / 2019 Director / Writer
International Awards;
- JEAN LUC GODARD Award / Cult Critic Movie Awards, 2019, Kolkata, India - Cult Critic Movie Awards, March, 2019, Kolkata, India
- Calcutta International Cult Film Festival, March, 2019 Kolkata, India
Official Selection;
- Diorama International Film Festival, 2019, New Delhi, India - Panama Horror Film Festival, 2019, Panama City, Panama
2. Box No. 88 (ေ သတာာံပပသ္ ၈၈)
Feature Film / Drama / Family / Myanmar / 2019 Script Mentor / Leader of the script developing team
3. One Hundred Questions
Independent Feature Film / Drama / India / 2016
Documentary Film 1. Traveller
Documentary / 2014 Director / Editor
- Participated in The Human Rights Human Dignity International Film Festival, Produced by the Human Dignity Film Institute 2014
International Awards;
- ASEAN Film Festival, 2015, Hanoi, Vietnam
- WeCare International Film Festival, 2016, New Delhi, India
- Superfest: International Disability Film Festival, 2017, San Francisco, USA Official Selection;
- KKIFF, 2015, Malaysia
- Myanmar Film Festival, 2015, Los Angeles, USA
- The Lift-Off Sessions, 2019, Pinewood Studios, England
2. Across
Feature length Documentary / 2015 Director / Editor / Camera person
International Awards;
- VACLAV HAVEL LIBRARY Award, Human Rights Human Dignity
International Film Festival, 2015, Yangon, Myanmar
Official Selection;
- One World International Human Rights Film Festival, 2016, Czech Republic - Southeast Asian Documentary Film Festival, 2016, Oxford, UK
Short Film
1. Will You, Daddy?
Short Film / 2015
Producer / Director / Editor / Writer
Official Selection;
- Human Rights Human Dignity International Film Festival,
2015, Yangon, Myanmar
- KAMELEON International Film Festival, 2015, Pondicherry, India - 10th CMS International Children’s Film Festival, 2018, Lucknow, India - The Lift-Off Sessions, 2019, Pinewood Studios, England
- The Chaffey Review Film Festival, 2019, Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, USA
2. FIDATI (Trust)
Short Film / 2014 Co-Director
Official Selection;
- Opening film at The Human Rights Human Dignity International Film Festival, 2014, Yangon, Myanmar
3. The Window
Short Film / 2017
Producer / Director / Editor / Writer
Official Selection;
- Human Rights Human Dignity International Film Festival, 2017, Yangon, Myanmar - The Lift-Off Sessions, 2018, Pinewood Studios, England
- WeCare International Film Festival, 2019, New Delhi, India
4. Plan (Psycho Zero)
Feature Omnibus Film / 2017 Director / Writer
International Awards;
- Han Thar Waddy U Win Tin (The Best National Film) Award, Human Rights Human
Dignity International Film Festival, 2017, Yangon, Myanmar
-Prêmio Revelação – Longa Metragem, Festival Espantomania, 2019, São Paulo, Brazil Official Selection;
- Cine Palium Fes, 2017, Puglia, Italy 5. The Telephone Number
Short Film / 2017 Director / Editor
Official Selection;
- Forever White Ribbon Film Festival, 2018, Yangon, Myanmar - The Lift-Off Sessions, 2018, Pinewood Studios, England
Post Production Supervisor 1. Buffalo Boy
Short Film / 2015
Post-production Supervisor
International Awards;
- Min Ko Naing Award, Human Rights Human Dignity International Film Festival, 2015, Yangon, Myanmar
- Han Thar Waddy U Win Tin Award, Human Rights Human Dignity International
Film Festival, 2015, Yangon, Myanmar
- The Best Short Film Award, Forever White Ribbon Film Festival, 2018, Yangon, Myanmar
