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Qui Nguyen

By: Francis Pan

2024

Qui Nguyen

Qui Nguyen is an American screenwriter, playwright, and director that currently works for Walt Disney. His notable plays are She Kills Monsters and Vietgone. His famous movies are Raya and the Last Dragon and Strange World

Childhood

Birth - 1976
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Childhood

Qui Nguyen's parents excaped Vietnam in 1975 when Saigon fell, and they met up in a relocation camp in Arkansas, got married, and moved to El Dorado

In a telephone interview Qui Nguyen said he wanted to tell his parent's tale

"The truth is, I'm a really immature dude, That's how it is" - Qui Nguyen

Timeline

Qui Nguyen describes Vietgone as the "anti Miss Saigon" and that "It’s about the Asian-American characters being the ones with agency over the narrative. They’re not a prop for the typical straight-white-male lead to learn from or to save. It’s not their story. It’s our story. We get to be the heroes.”

1976

Birth

2011

She Kills Monsters

2017

Vietgone

2021

Raya and the Last Dragon

2022

Strange World

Plays

Plays

Soul Samurai

Soul Samurai is a play that follows the journey of a young girl named Dewdrop as she navigates through a Brooklyn plagued by a zombie infestation.

Alice in Slasherland

Young Lewis Diaz accidentally revives the spirit of Alice, a murdered girl, unleashing chaos. Now, he and his undead ally must protect their classmates from the demons terrorizing their town.

Vietgone

In 1975, following the fall of Saigon, Quang and Tong, two Vietnamese refugees separated from their partners, encounter each other in Arkansas,

Vietgone

When Saigon falls in 1975, Quang and Tong, two Vietnamese refugees separated from their previous partners, meet in Arkansas that promptly becomes a no-strings-attached relationship to pass the time.

Vietgone••

Living in the land of “cheeseburgers, waffle fries and cholesterol” proves to be an intoxicating adventure that leads Quang and Tong to question their futures, both together and in their new country.

VIETGONE

Part history play and part memoir, this whip-smart comedy is punctuated with flashbacks and bursts of rap songs, all while giving unabashed reflections on American culture and offering a human-centered view of the Vietnam War and its aftermath.

Films

Raya and the Last Dragon

Filmography - film

2021

2022

2024

Raya and the Last Dragon

Strange World

Family Vietgone

Raya and the last dragon

Qui Nguyen worked in the 2021 Disney film Raya and the Last Dragon, an animated film about a girl who'se world's people were turned to stone, and she must work with other survivors to expel the evil spirit that petrified the people of the world. Raya and the Last Dragon made 130.4 million dollars over Disney Plus and the box office

TElevision

Dispatches from Elsewhere

FILMOGraphy - television

2012

My America

2013

Peg + Cat

2016

Incorperated

2019

Society

2020

Dispatches from Elsewhere

Dispatches from Elsewhere

Dispatches from Elsewhere is an American drama television series starring Jason Segel that premiered on March 1, 2020 and streams on AMC. Qui Nguyen wrote episode 4, Fredwynn.

Miscellaneous

"I need more slides" - Francis Pan Sep. 19 9:13 PM

Map of el dorado

Thanks

Thanks for listening •͡˘㇁•͡˘ - Mr Juarez

Questions?

I did this at 9 on Sep. 19

In his childhood Qui Nguyen said that he was greatly influenced by Vietnamese culture and pop culture, shaping his future works