Born in 1985, Maria Tran is an Australian-born Vietnamese actress, martial artist, producer, writer and director. She is known for developing the martial arts action film genre in Australia. Although she is not a Hong Kong filmmaker, Tran has been extensively influenced by Hong Kong cinema and grew up watching action comedies with Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock. While at university, she collaborated with local filmmakers to make Australia’s first kung fu urban action movie Maximum Choppage: Round 2. In 2008, Maria’s documentary-drama Happy Dent won Best Film & Achievement in Directing at the 2008 Shortcuts Film Festival. She set up her film production company Phoenix Eye in 2017.
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