Lê, Lam

(1948, Haiphong, Vietnam-)

   Having settled in France since 1968, he graduated with a bachelor's degree in mathematics and studied plastic arts at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts of Paris and in the Yankel painting workshop (1970-1973). He entered films as an assistant art director (1976 Les Oeufs brouillés, Joël Santoni) before successively work­ing as an assistant director (1979 Le Piège à Cons, also art director, Jean-Pierre Mocky) and storyboarder (1980 La Porte d'Orient, Henry Colomer; 1981 Garde à Vue / UK and USA: The inquisitor / Under Suspicion, Claude Miller; 1987 Le Palanquin des Larmes, Jacques Dorfmann, France / Canada / China; 1996 Microcos­mos: Le Peuple de l'Herbe / Microcosmos—il popolo dell'erba / USA: Microcosmos, Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou, France / Italy / Switzerland; 1997 Port-Djema, also co-screenwriter, Eric Heumann, France / Italy / Greece). He also played in La Femme mariée de Nam Xuong (short, Anh Hung Tran, 1989) and La Pierre de l'Attente (short; Anh Hung Tran).

 Filmography

1980 ◘ Rencontre des Nuages et du Dragon (documentary; medium-length)

1983 ◘ Poussière d'Empire / Hon Vong Phu (also co-screenwriter; France / Vietnam)

2006 ◘ Vingt Nuits et un Jour de Pluie / 20 Nàchte und ein Regentag (also co-screenwriter, production manager, art director; France / Germany)

 Television Filmography

1982 ◘ Botaniques

1984 ◘ Sports en Scène (documentary)

        ◘ Lola et quelques autres (13 X 10'; episodes 3 and 6)

        ◘ Histoire oubliée (documentary; segment "Les Paras vietnamiens")