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Wunna

1945 – 2011

Burmese film director

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Lived 1945 – 2011 (aged 65). Wunna was a Myanmar film director, writer and director.

Maung Wunna (, 19 January 1947 – 11 January 2011) was a two-time Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards-winning Burmese director and writer. He came from a family heavily involved in the entertainment industry—his father Thadu was a director and his brother Thu Maung was a prominent singer and actor

Filmography Wearing Velvet Slippers under a Golden Umbrella (Katipa phanat see shwe htee hsaung) (1971) Tender are the Feet (Ché phawa daw nu nu) (1973) Behind the Lace Curtain (Zar khan zee naut kwai hmer) (1973) Deep and Unforgettable Sorrow (Hnaung ta myaih myaih) (1975) The Palest of Pink (Pan nu yaung ma yint ta yint) (1976) Miss. Wai, Filled with Flowers (Pan tway nè wai) (1977) Self-less Ego (Atta ma San lo thaw Atta) (1978) I am Summer, My Lover is Winter (Kya-ma Ka Ngwe Ko ka Saung) (1978) To My Bosom Friend (Chit tè thu ngè lé) (1979) Across the Jungle (Sone Nathar Myaing) (1980) Wai Lwin Lwin (1981) Tree of Love (Achit Thit-pin) (1981) Is the Sky Going to Pour Down? (Pyo Hmar Lay lar Moe Ye) (1983) Let Compete our Love (Chit chin nge Pyaing Mal) (1986) Love with Heart and Life (Athe Athet Ne Atu) (1986) Maung Sein Thaung, Ma Hnin Yee (Maung Sein Thaung, Ma Hnin Yee) (1987) Seventh Degree Multiple Sorrow (Khun Hna Sin A Lwan) (1990) Miss Gyan Bone, from the Seven Hut District (Khwun na eain tan ka Ma Gyan Bone) (1994) Something to Laugh About (Yi saya maw sayar) (1996) Practical Experience (Atwe lay yae tae hma oh a-kyone) (1996) We are… (Kya-naw Kya-ma Toe Thi) (1998) Women and Money (Main-ma ne Ngwe) (1998) Winter in My Heart (Yin htè ka hsaung yarthi) (1999) Energy Boost (Dat khè) (2002) A Man who Can Laugh as Melancholy (Lwan aung yé tat thu) (2005) Right to the Core of the Heart (Yin nint aung hmwe) (2007)

Awards Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards 1971: Academy Award for Best Director, Katipa phanat see shwe htee hsaung (Wearing Velvet Slippers under a Golden Umbrella) 1990: Academy Award for Best Director, Khun hnit sint ah-lwan (Seventh Degree Multiple Sorrow)

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Awards
Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards; Myanmar Academy Award

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Wunna?

Burmese film director (1945-2011)

When was Wunna born?

Wunna was born on 19 January 1945 in Yangon.

When did Wunna die?

Wunna died on 11 January 2011 in Thingangyun Township.

What was Wunna's occupation?

Wunna was a film director, writer and director.

What nationality was Wunna?

Wunna was Myanmar.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Wunna

· Wikidata: Q8039261

· DBpedia: Maung Wunna

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