{"id":2758,"date":"2021-11-23T13:02:15","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T13:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coppola.qodeinteractive.com\/?page_id=2758"},"modified":"2025-10-15T09:33:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T09:33:06","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sontranfilm.com\/index.php\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2758\" class=\"elementor elementor-2758\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0edd771 e-flex e-con-boxed qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0edd771\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6e64ca e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d6e64ca\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7659b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d7659b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Artist statement<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-add32f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"add32f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"font_9\">Hi, I\u2019m Son Tran \u2014 a Director of Photography, Camera Operator, Assistant Camera, and Gaffer based in Hanoi, Vietnam. I hold a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Digital Film and TV Production from Missouri State University (Class of 2023).\u200b<\/p><p class=\"font_9\">I believe powerful storytelling goes beyond dialogue and performance. Through thoughtful lighting and camera work, I aim to express what words cannot and enhance what they can. My visual approach is grounded in six years of hands-on experience in the U.S., spanning features, shorts, documentaries, and mini-series. I bring both technical skill and creative vision to every set I work on.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89f01ca e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"89f01ca\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b31729 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0b31729\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sontranfilm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4B9A9949-1-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9641\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sontranfilm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4B9A9949-1-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sontranfilm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4B9A9949-1-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sontranfilm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4B9A9949-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sontranfilm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4B9A9949-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sontranfilm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4B9A9949-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sontranfilm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4B9A9949-1-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sontranfilm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4B9A9949-1-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0a8437 e-flex e-con-boxed qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d0a8437\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-625d3b3 e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"625d3b3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56d758a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"56d758a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">EDUCATION<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75d349a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"75d349a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Bachelor in Digital Film and TV Production &#8211; Missouri State University<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02b628d e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"02b628d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cc7d0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5cc7d0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Based in<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37a47c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37a47c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ha Noi &#8211; Viet Nam<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artist statement Hi, I\u2019m Son Tran \u2014 a Director of Photography, Camera Operator, Assistant Camera, and Gaffer based in Hanoi, Vietnam. 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