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name: "Viet Nguyen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/viet-nguyen"
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-18T10:26:59.267478+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."
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# Viet Nguyen

Director. Born in Austin, Texas.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66829524, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0629152/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1478650

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Party Down*](https://film.one/tv/party-down.md) (82)

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## Biography

Viet Nguyen is an American television director and former editor. An Austin native, he graduated from the University of Texas film school and is based in Los Angeles.

He began his career in post-production, working as an editor on series including *Party Down* (2009–2010) and *iZombie* (2015). Nguyen later transitioned to directing, with credits on *The Flash* (2014), *DC's Legends of Tomorrow* (2016), *Lucifer* (2016), *Chilling Adventures of Sabrina* (2018), *Jane the Virgin* (2014), *Dynasty* (2017), *The Midnight Club* (2022), *The Recruit* (2022) and *High Potential* (2024). He also directed an episode of the *Party Down* revival in 2023.

Nguyen has directed short films and made his feature debut with *Crush the Skull* (2015). He has received five wins and one nomination for his work.

*Sources: imdb.com, filmindependent.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Party Down* (2009), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/party-down.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *PONIES* (2026), series, Director
- *High Potential* (2024), series, Director
- *The Brothers Sun* (2024), series, Director
- *The Recruit* (2022), series, Director
- *Let the Right One In* (2022), series, Director
- *The Midnight Club* (2022), series, Director
- *Reboot* (2022), series, Director
- *PANIC* (2021), Director
- *Big Shot* (2021), series, Director
- *Diary of a Future President* (2020), series, Director
- *Chilling Adventures of Sabrina* (2018), series, Director
- *Dynasty* (2017), series, Director
- *Parker and the Crew* (2016), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Lucifer* (2016), series, Director
- *DC's Legends of Tomorrow* (2016), series, Director
- *Crush the Skull* (2015), Editor, Co-Writer, Director
- *iZombie* (2015), series, Director
- *Jane the Virgin* (2014), series, Director
- *The Flash* (2014), series, Director
- *Crush the Skull 2* (2013), Director
- *The Following* (2013), series, Editor
- *Crush the Skull* (2010), Director
- *Party Down* (2009), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/party-down.md)
- *Ninja Say What?!*, Director, Writer

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