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About Mimi
Mimi began her filmmaking journey directing self-taught Super 8mm films before studying cinematography and editing. Inspired by history, she is writing a novel about the Vietnam War and was a 2020 nominee for the Allegra Johnson Award for Novelist through the UCLA Extension Writers' Program.
Her project, CHILDREN OF WAR, reached Finalist for the 2023 Carole Dorothy Joyce Grant. In 2024, it advanced to the Top 15 for Outstanding Screenplays and Shore Scripts, and placed Semifinalist in the Screencraft competition. It advanced to Quarterfinalist in Stowe Story Labs and Final Draft’s Big Break contest, competing against over 10,000 entries. The script reached #1 on Coverfly’s Red List for Thriller Short multiple times and remains in the Top 1% of all projects on the platform. For more details, visit childrenofwarfilm.org
Awards
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Outstanding Screenplay Finalist for Children of War
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Shore Script Finalist for Children of War
(2024) -
Screencraft Semifinalist for Children of War
(2024) -
Final Draft Big Break Quarterfinalist for Children of War
(2024) -
Stowe Story Labs Quarterfinalist for Children of War
(2024) -
Coverfly Top 1% in Genre for Children of War
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#1 Thriller Short on Coverfly's Red List for Children of War
(2024) -
Carole Dorothy Joyce Grant Finalist for Children of War
(2023) -
Allegra Johnson Award Nominee for a Vietnam War Novel through the UCLA Extension Writers' Program
(2020)
Credits
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Children of War (
2025 )
Film (short) (Thriller and War) Writer & Filmmaker When missiles strike Ukraine, a dedicated doctor must choose between reuniting with her family or saving the war orphans under her care. -
Delta Rising (
2024 )
Film (short) by Mimi Nguyen (Crime and Drama) Writer & Filmmaker Historical neo-noir drama explores the rise of women in a man's world and the dark side of the American Dream. This is a proof of concept for a TV series.
Education
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UC BERKELEY
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UCLA
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