--- name: "Quyen Tran" canonical: "https://film.one/person/quyen-tran" fi1m_id: "quyen-tran" imdb_id: "nm1765623" tmdb_id: 501226 wikidata_id: "Q65589471" roles: ["Director"] born: "24 March 1984" reviewed_on_fi1m: 6 average_fi1m_score: 76 average_as: "director" average_over: 4 updated: "2026-10-23T21:14:52.917308+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Quyen Tran ## Identity Quyen Tran - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/quyen-tran - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** quyen-tran - **IMDb ID:** nm1765623 - **TMDB ID:** 501226 - **Wikidata ID:** Q65589471 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quyen_Tran, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65589471, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1765623/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/501226 Director. Born 24 March 1984 in Washington, D.C.. ## Details - **Work:** Director - **Born:** 24 March 1984, Washington, D.C. - **Active:** 2019–present - **Also known as:** Quyen 'Q' Tran - **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 4 directing, 2 crew - **Frequently works with:** [Bekah Brunstetter](https://film.one/person/bekah-brunstetter.md), [Colin McKenna](https://film.one/person/colin-mckenna.md), [John Wells](https://film.one/person/john-wells.md), [Kristyn Macready](https://film.one/person/kristyn-macready.md), [Lila Neugebauer](https://film.one/person/lila-neugebauer.md), [Molly Smith Metzler](https://film.one/person/molly-smith-metzler.md) - **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as director, over 4 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 85 (1), 2020s 77 (5) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 77 across 4 titles - **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 1 - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quyen_Tran, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65589471, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1765623/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/501226 ## Streaming the US now - **Netflix:** [*Unbelievable*](https://film.one/tv/unbelievable.md) (85), [*Maid*](https://film.one/tv/maid.md) (79), [*Sirens*](https://film.one/tv/sirens.md) (75) - **Disney+:** [*Palm Springs*](https://film.one/film/palm-springs.md) (78), [*The Testaments*](https://film.one/tv/the-testaments.md) (70) - **HBO Max:** [*The Pitt*](https://film.one/tv/the-pitt.md) (81) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Quyen Tran > Quyen Tran’s television direction is careful and unobtrusive. We are most persuaded by her contribution to *The Pitt*, where clarity helps the hospital’s competing demands wear us down; *The Testaments* shows the limits of simply keeping a style consistent. In *The Pitt* (2025), the hospital staff cannot give everyone enough time. We can follow their work without ever being allowed to settle comfortably into watching it. Tran is one of its directors, and we think this is a better use of her skills than *The Testaments*. She seems well suited to television that needs to keep several demands in view without losing sight of the people meeting them. Her cinematography preceded her directing: she was director of photography on *Unbelievable* (2019) and *Palm Springs* (2020), before working as both cinematographer and director on *Maid* (2021). That was where her television directing began. Her background in still photography helps explain her wish to fit narrative information into a single frame. She puts the story first in decisions about shots and lighting. It is a useful discipline for episodic television, where making a scene clear can matter more than making it conspicuous. That concern for clarity pays off in *The Pitt*, though the achievement is shared. Editors Mark Strand and Joey Reinisch help keep the workload legible without allowing the pace to become comfortable. We felt worn out by the succession of demands on the staff, and still wanted to keep watching. The awkward opening and thinly written supporting characters matter, but the pressure of the job holds our attention more firmly than Gavin Brivik’s music. *The Testaments* (2026) offers a less convincing case, despite its steady direction from Tran, Mike Barker, Jet Wilkinson and Shana Stein. Cinematographers Greta Zozula and Marc Laliberté keep the school in cold, even daylight, with bare walls keeping our attention on faces. It is controlled work, but the resemblance to the previous programme soon makes it easy to stop noticing. Editors Ana Yavari, Wendy Hallam Martin and Lara Johnston keep individual scenes clean; they cannot disguise the joins between episodes or make ten feel necessary. Start with *The Pitt*, provided an exhausting hospital shift is what the evening calls for. ## Biography Quyen Tran is an American cinematographer and director based in Los Angeles. She studied at UCLA and began her career as a still photographer before moving into film and television. As a cinematographer she has worked on feature films including *Palm Springs* (2020), *The Little Hours* (2017) and *Life in a Year* (2020), and on series such as *Ahsoka* (2023), *Maid* (2021) and *A Teacher* (2020). She became a member of the American Society of Cinematographers in 2021. Her directing credits include episodes of *The Pitt* (2025), *Sirens* (2025) and *The Testaments* (2026). She is married to voice actor Sam Riegel and they have two children. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (6) ### Directed (4) — the average rests on these - *The Testaments* (2026), Fi1m 70, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-testaments.md) - *Sirens* (2025), Fi1m 75, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/sirens.md) - *The Pitt* (2025), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-pitt.md) - *Maid* (2021), Fi1m 79, Director, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/maid.md) ### Crew (2) - *Palm Springs* (2020), Fi1m 78, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/palm-springs.md) - *Unbelievable* (2019), Fi1m 85, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/unbelievable.md) ## Complete filmography (32) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Crystal Lake* (2026), series, Director — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/tv/crystal-lake.md) - *The Testaments* (2026), series, Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-testaments.md) - *The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox* (2025), series, Director - *Sirens* (2025), series, Director — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/sirens.md) - *The Pitt* (2025), series, Director — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-pitt.md) - *Brothers* (2024), Director of Photography - *The Emperor of Ocean Park* (2024), series, Director - *Ahsoka* (2023), series, Director of Photography - *Roar* (2022), series, Director - *Maid* (2021), series, Director, Director of Photography — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/maid.md) - *Life in a Year* (2020), Director of Photography - *A Teacher* (2020), series, Director of Photography - *Palm Springs* (2020), Director of Photography — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/palm-springs.md) - *Unbelievable* (2019), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/unbelievable.md) - *Stucco* (2019), Director of Photography - *Dark Was the Night* (2018), Director of Photography - *Camping* (2018), series, Director of Photography - *The Little Hours* (2017), Director of Photography - *Deidra & Laney Rob a Train* (2017), Director of Photography - *The Night Stalker* (2016), Cinematography - *Pali Road* (2016), Director of Photography - *The Automatic Hate* (2016), Director of Photography - *Mogadishu, Minnesota* (2016), Director of Photography - *Off the Menu: Asian America* (2015), Director of Photography - *The Learning Curve* (2014), Director of Photography - *Free Ride* (2013), Director of Photography - *A Bag of Hammers* (2011), Director of Photography - *Little Taiko Boy* (2010), Director of Photography - *Little Love* (2010), Director of Photography - *Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen* (2010), Camera Operator - *A Quiet Little Marriage* (2008), Additional Camera - *Rubberheart* (2007), Director of Photography --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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