Bao Nguyen is an Emmy-nominated Vietnamese American filmmaker whose work has been seen on HBO, Netflix, the New York Times, Arte, among many others. He directed Be Water, a deep dive into the life and journey of Bruce Lee, which competed in the U.S. Documentary Competition category at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and was invited to other prestigious festivals such as SXSW, Cannes, Telluride, Hot Docs, among many others. It is broadcast nationally on ESPN and is the most-watched ESPN 30 for 30 film ever. His film, The Greatest Night in Pop, a feature documentary about the making of the seminal global hit song “We Are the World,” premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival and launched globally on Netflix on January 29th, where it quickly became the number one film globally on the platform. He is a 2011 PBS/WGBH Producers Workshop Fellow, an alumnus of the 2012 and 2014 Berlinale Talent Campus, a Firelight Media Fellow, and a 2022 BAFTA US Breakthrough recipient. He earned his BA in Politics/International Relations at NYU and his MFA at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. His latest film, The Stringer, premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.