Thavisouk Phrasavath

Thavisouk Phrasavath is a former electrical engineer/painter/community activist turned award-winning filmmaker. In the past 25 years Mr. Phrasavath’s film works extended into writing, editing and directing documentary and dramatic film, music videos, public service announcements and more.

Thavisouk Phrasavath is a 2008 Academy Award and Film Independent Spirit Award Nominated Filmmaker. One of the Creators/the Subject/Writer/Editor/co-Director of 2010 Creative Arts Primetime EMMY Award Winner for Exceptional Merit In Nonfiction Filmmaking.

• 2008 Full Frame Spectrum Award Winner
• 2008 Sundance International Grand Jury Award Nominee
• 2008 Ann Arbor Film Festival Grand Jury Award Winner
• 2008 Cinereach Award /Human Right Watch International Film Festival Winner
• 2008 Fresno Independent Filmmaker Audience Award Winner
• 2008 Kodak Audience Award Winner
  (Minnesota International Film Festival)
• 2008 Best Immerging Filmmaker Award
  (Minnesota International Film Festival)
• 2009 Cinema Eyes Honor Award Nominee
• 2010 Creative Arts Primetime EMMY Award Winner “The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)”

Thavisouk Phrasavath is member of WGAW (Writers Guild of America West)

Mr. Phrasavath’s film work is nationally and internationally recognized and has been selected for inclusion in the permanent archives of the following locations:

• MOMA (Museum Of Modern Art) New York City USA. Permanent
  Collection.
• Duke University Permanent Archive.
• Written Script “The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)” Archive at Academy of
  Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.