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Shwe Done Bi Aung

1906 – 1986

Burmese film director, writer and script-writer

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Lived 1906 – 1986 (aged 79–80). Shwe Done Bi Aung was a film director.

Shwe Done Bi Aung (; born Nay Myo Kyaw Thu Aung 17 February 1906 – 11 March 1986) was a Burmese film director, writer, script-writer and composer. He is best known for directing in film Bo Aung Din.

Biography Shwe Done Bi Aung was born on 17 February 1906, to parents U Po Shwe Hla and Daw Hla Kay Thi in Nyaungdon, Irrawaddy Division, British Burma. He was eldest of two siblings. He went to Nyaungdon high School. In 1927, he passed the tenth grade. In 1932, while he was working as a clerk in the municipal office, he began wrote Kanhtoo novel for Dagon Magazine. As a student, he wrote the English poem Dying Ahzarni, referring to Bo Aung Kyaw, and won a gold medal in the competition. The return of Bo Aung Din (ဗိုလ်အောင်ဒင်ပြန်လာပြီ) and Soe Par Nae May (ဆိုးပါနဲ့မေ).

Death Shwe Done Bi Aung died on 11 March 1986 in Rangoon. At the time of his death, left his wife, Daw Yin May, Daw Tin Shwe and one son.

Filmography Bo Aung Din (1941) Son Bo Aung Din (1955) Dr. Aung Kyaw Oo (1957) Ei Lu Baung Twin (1958) A Tway (1962)

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1986, Myanmar, Yangon
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Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards

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Who was Shwe Done Bi Aung?

Burmese film director, writer and script-writer

When was Shwe Done Bi Aung born?

Shwe Done Bi Aung was born on 17 February 1906 in Nyaungdon.

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Shwe Done Bi Aung died in 1986 in Myanmar, Yangon.

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Shwe Done Bi Aung was a film director.

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· Wikipedia: Shwe Done Bi Aung

· Wikidata: Q13074855

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