Background
Bui was born in Vietnam and in 1975 came to the United States. at the age of two years with his family, as a refugee of the United States.-Vietnamese war, leaving Vietnam approximately one week before the Fall of Saigon.
Bui was born in Vietnam and in 1975 came to the United States. at the age of two years with his family, as a refugee of the United States.-Vietnamese war, leaving Vietnam approximately one week before the Fall of Saigon.
He studied film at Loyola Marymount University in Los Los Angeles
The film was based on Bui"s own experiences dealing with the changing landscape and people of his ancestral home of Vietnam. The film starred Harvey Keitel. He was raised in Sunnyvale, California.
His father ran a video store which led to his interest in cinema.
Bui visited Vietnam several times before making first short film, the highly successful Yellow Lotus, which also debuted at the and went on to play at festivals around the world. He is believed to be developing another feature film project
Foreign a brief time he was associated with Lazarus, a film in development at Warner Brothers. Personal life Bui is the brother of Timothy Linh Bui, a film director and producer.
The two have worked together on several films.
He is also the nephew of the Vietnamese actor Đơn Dương.