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Ham Tran is a Vietnamese American filmmaker. He is of Hoa (Chinese Vietnamese) ancestry, specifically Teochew.

He earned an MFA in film directing from the UCLA Film School and is most famous for his thesis film The Anniversary, which was shortlisted for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film.

His most recent effort is the feature film How to Fight in Six Inch Heels which had its U.S. premiere on 13 March 2014 at CAAMFest in San Francisco. Tran also directed the full-length Vietnamese boat people and re-education camp drama, Journey From the Fall, which was picked up in North America by ImaginAsian Pictures and released nationally on March 23, 2007.

In 2009, Tran received the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Filmmaking.

Filmography

Director The Prescription (short film) Pomegranate (short film) 2004 - The Anniversary 2006 - Journey From the Fall 2013 - How to Fight in Six Inch Heels 2014 - Hollow 2016 - Bitcoin Heist 2017 - She's the Boss 2022 - Maika: The Girl From Another Galaxy 2024 - Missing Eve Of Tet 2025 - Hijacked

Executive producer 2007 - Owl and the Sparrow

Cinematographer and editor 2007 - Oh, Saigon 2007 - The Rebel