U Ohn Maung

U Ohn Maung, born in 1892 according to The Irrawaddy, is regarded as the father of Burmese cinema, of which he was both the first producer and the first director. Trained in London according to the Burmese Ministry of Information, he first filmed, with the photographer U Maung Maung, the country's landscapes and customs. In 1920 he showed the country's first newsreel, devoted to the funeral of the political leader U Tun Shein, then founded the Burma Film Company, the first Burmese studio. He died in 1964 according to the same newspaper.

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• Feature filmLove and Liquorမေတ္တာနှင့်သူရာU Ohn Maung · 1920Cinema