Pawo Choyning Dorji
Directing
June 23, 1983 (43 years old)
Thimphu, Bhutan
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Acting Credits
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Directed
Biography
Pawo Choyning Dorji (Dzongkha: དཔའ་བོ་ཆོས་དབྱིངས་རྡོ་རྗི།; born 23 June 1983) is a Bhutanese filmmaker. His feature directorial debut, Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom, was nominated for Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards in 2022. His second film The Monk and the Gun (2023) premiered at the Telluride and Toronto International Film Festivals and was shortlisted for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards. His short documentary A Song for the Snow Lion, mad...
