Hein Htet (Lewe) ( my, ဟိန်းထက် (လယ်ဝေး); born Hein Htet Bo on 12 September 1981) is a

Myanmar Academy Award The Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards are presented annually to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Burmese Film Industry of Myanmar. The awards ceremony has been held annually since 1952. Each winner is pr ...

-winning

film editor Film editing is both a creative and a technical part of the post-production process of filmmaking. The term is derived from the traditional process of working with film which increasingly involves the use of digital technology. The film edit ...

. He won the Best Editing Award at the 2011 Myanmar Academy Awards for his works in the film ''Htar Wara A Linn Tan Myar'' (Eternal Rays of Light).

Early life and education

Hein Htet was born on 12 September 1981 in

Lewe Lewe is a town in the Naypyidaw Union Territory of central Myanmar. Location and population Lewe is one of the administrative township in Naypyidaw Union territory, Myanmar. It is about ten miles southwest from Pyinmana Township. It is not onl ...

, Burma to parents Myint Aung and his wife Myint Myint Aye. He is the second son of three siblings, having an elder brother and an younger sister. His childhood name was Ni Htet. He passed high school from B.E.H.S (1), Lewe in 1998. He got AGIT (EP) and graduated with a

B.A. Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four years ...

English from

Mandalay University Mandalay University (also translated as University of Mandalay; my, မန္တလေးတက္ကသိုလ် ) is a public liberal arts and science university located in Mandalay, Myanmar and one of the sixteen autonomous universities un ...

Career

Hein Htet started his film editing career in 2005. He edited his first film '' Htar WaYa A Linn Tan Myar (Eternal Rays of Light)'', directed by Htun Aung Zaw from Yi Myint Film Production in 2011, which he won his

Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...

for the Best Editing. He edited '' Htar Warq A Linn Tan Myar'' (Eternal Rays of Light) with computer (digital) editing. At present, he has edited in over 30 films in his career.

References

{{Authority control 1981 births Living people Burmese film people Mandalay University alumni