Zin Wine

Zin Wine entered the film industry in 1973, when he was fourteen.[1] He made his feature film debut in the 1981 film, Thanyawzin Sodar Shidae (lit. 'Samyojana Does Exist'), along with Moh Moh Myint Aung.[2] He experienced a rise in popularity after starring as Thet Htwe[2] in the 1984 film, Thingyan Moe, directed by Maung Tin Oo[3] under whom Zin Wine had learned cinematography for seven years.[2] He took his first male lead role in the 1991 film, Dandaryi (lit. 'Legend'), alongside May Than Nu.[2] Zin Wine won his first academy award in the 1997 film, Noble Heart.[4]

After the Myanmar Motion Picture Organization was established as a non-government organization, Zin Wine was elected as its chairperson in April 2012[1] but resigned for his health condition in 2014, before his term was due.[5] He re-contested and was elected as the chairperson of the organization on 26 September 2017.[6] On 30 December 2012, because of his efforts, the Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards presentation ceremony for 2011 could be held again in Yangon,[7] after four years in the new capital Naypyidaw.[8] In 2012,[9] he became a member of Aung San Film Executive Board,[10] together with Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi, Wyne, Htun Eaindra Bo, Ei Ei Khaing, Zarganar and Lu Min,[11] formed by Aung San Suu Kyi, daughter of the protagonist Aung San.[12]

Zin Wine anticipated in the 2014 film, Made in Heart, with Pyay Ti Oo, Moe Hay Ko and Wutt Hmone Shwe Yi, and won his second academy award in the category of Best Supporting Actor.[13][14][15]

In the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, on 15 April, Zin Wine was arrested under the section 505 (a) of the Myanmar Penal Code for encouraging civil servants to join ongoing civil disobedience movement,[16] along with several other celebrities,[17] while his son Min Maw Kun was issued an arrest warrant. He was released on 7 June but arrested again in a few months.[18][19]

Zin Wine, the fourth of five siblings, was born to retired lieutenant commander Sein Lwin and Yi Yi Shein. He married Khin Nwe Nwe Tun, and the couple had two sons, namely, Kyi Thar Htay Lwin and Kyaw Kyaw Htay Lwin.[20] The latter is better known by his stage name Min Maw Kun.

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