Hi, I’m Việt.

Việt H. Nguyễn is an Emmy award winning Vietnamese-American filmmaker and documentary photographer.
He began his visual arts career as a multimedia specialist for the United States Army Special Operations. He spent 7 years serving his country while documenting international coalition operations and producing multimedia content in Iraq, Qatar, South Korea, Cambodia, Indonesia and The Philippines.
Upon his discharge from the military, he attended the University of North Carolina-Wilmington where he majored in Cinema Studies and Photography.
In 2019, he returned to Tulsa, OK and has worked on over 40 documentary and narrative films nationwide.
His current work is reality based, exploring truth and authenticity through informal yet vivid photography and sincere story-telling.
He is also the co-founder of NAM common; a community project exploring Vietnamese culture, history and diaspora through curated art and media programming.
Collaborators:
A&E
Cherokee Nation
City of Tulsa
Cucalorus Film Festival
First Americans Museum
Hulu
Luxiere Magazine
NYU / CEI
Oklahoma Human Services
The Parlour Tulsa
Sesame Workshops
Tribal Self Governance
Tulsa Artist Fellowship
Tulsa Film Collective
WEtv
Awards:
2025
The Telly Awards x 4
2024
The Telly Awards, People’s Telly
Webby Awards, People’s Choice Winner
2023
Heartland Regional Emmy Awards x 4
2022
Heartland Regional Emmy Awards x 3
2020
Heartland Regional Emmy Awards x 2