Myanmar Motion Picture Organization is the official non-profit organisation for the

Cinema of Burma The cinema of Burma has a long history dating back to the 1910s. The person who created the first silent film was Ohn Maung (Burma's first producer and director). Start of the Burmese cinema Burma's first film was a recording of the funeral o ...

. It was established on 8 March 1946.

Patron of Myanmar Motion Picture Organisation

Bogalay Tint Aung Bogalay Tint Aung ( my, ဗိုလ်ကလေးတင့်အောင်; 3 June 1922 – 16 December 2021) was a Burmese composer, director and writer. The first recipient of the Myanmar Academy Award for lifetime achievement, Tint Aung w ...

, Musician and Opera Professional *

Maung Ko Ko Gita Lulin Maung Ko Ko ( my, ဂီတလုလင် မောင်ကိုကို; 12 November 1928 – 10 October 2007) was a Burmese musician and composer. He is best known for his outstanding musical performances and won the Best Mus ...

, Musician * U Tin Yu, Film Director * U Myint Soe, Film Technician * U

Khin Zaw Khin Zaw ( my, ခင်ဇော်) is a Burmese surgeon and professor. He serves as a director general of Food and Drug Administration (Myanmar). He previously served as Rector of the University of Medicine, Magway from March 2017 to July 20 ...

, Film Director * U

Nyunt Win Nyunt Win ( my, ညွန့်ဝင်း; 8 March 1941 – 1 July 2021) was a Burmese film actor. He won seven Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards throughout his distinguished career, the most of any recipient in Burmese history. Nyunt Wi ...

, Film Actor * U

Sein Tin Major General Tin Sein ( my, တင်စိန်, 1926 – 15 August 2020) was a Burmese military official and major general in the Myanmar Army. He has served as Deputy Minister of Defence of Myanmar under of Ne Win's cabinet. Tin Sein's son ...

, Film Producer

Chairmans of Myanmar Motion Picture Organisation

* U Tin Ngwe 1946 to 1958 * U Chan Tun 1951 to 1952 * U

Shwe Done Bi Aung Shwe Done Bi Aung ( my, ရွှေဒုံးဘီအောင်; born Nay Myo Kyaw Thu Aung 17 February 1906 – 11 March 1986) was a Burmese film director, writer, script-writer and composer. He is best known for directing in film '' Bo A ...

1962 to 1963 * U

Tin Maung ''A1'' Tin Maung ( my, တင်မောင် ; 7 August 1908 – 4 October 2000) was a two-time Myanmar Academy Award, Burmese Academy Award-winning film actor, director and producer. Biography Tin Maung was born in Pyay, a small town in Low ...

1964 to 1966 * U

Nyi Pu Nyi Pu ( my, ညီပု, ; 12 September 1900 – 1 September 1996) was a Burmese actor and film director. He was the first film actor in Burmese cinema. His youngest brother was Tin Maung, an accomplished film director. Biography Nyi Pu ...

1969 to 70 and 1971 to 1972 * U Chinn Sein 1974 to 1986 * U Myint Soe 1986 to 1988 * U

1989 to 1991 * U

1992 to 1994 * U

1994 to 2005 * U

Kyi Soe Tun Kyi Soe Tun ( my, ကြည်စိုးထွန်း, ; born 9 December 1945) is a five-time Myanmar Academy Award winning film director, producer and screenwriter of Burmese cinema. He served as the chairman of the Myanmar Motion Picture ...

2005 to 2007 * U Myint Thein Pe 2007 to 2012 * U

Zin Wine Zin Wine (, also spelt Zin Wyne; born , Htay Lwin) is a Burmese film actor. He won the Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards two times and served as the chairperson of the Myanmar Motion Picture Organization twice as well. Career Zin Wine ente ...

2012 to 2014 * U Lu Min 2014 to 2017 * U

2017 to 2019 * U Nyi Nyi Tun Lwin 2019 to present

References

3. Myanmar Motion Picture Organization official web site www.myanmarmpo.org Trade associations based in Myanmar 1946 establishments in Burma Cinema of Myanmar Organizations established in 1946 Entertainment industry associations {{film-org-stub