After a Master of Literature, Swann DUBUS (born in 1977, in France) completed a PhD in representation of intimacy in cinema. At the same time, he worked as a DoP, editor, and director of several documentary features in Europe, Africa, and Asia.
He moved to Hanoi in 2007 and has worked alongside Vietnamese director TRAN Phuong Thao since then. Their films explore major themes of Vietnamese society from a personal angle. He also produces works of young Vietnamese documentary filmmakers.