Maung Wunna

Born 19 January 1947 in Rangoon, Burma. [now Yangôn, Myanmar]

Died 11 January 2011 (aged 63)

Maung Wunna was a two-time Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards-winning Burmese director and writer. Wunna worked from an early age as a sound engineer and film editor for his novelist and filmmaker father, Thadu. His first film as a director, Wearing Velvet Slippers under a Golden Umbrella, was released in 1971, and he won the National Award for Best Direction. Alongside his work as screenwriter and director, Maung Wunna published articles on film, short stories and novels.