[5][6] Hoang has received awards and grants from the Sundance Institute, ITVS, Center for Asian American Media,[7] the Ms. Foundation for Women, Brooklyn Arts Council, and National Endowment of the Humanities.
Hoang was born in the Republic of Vietnam, and is the daughter of a former South Vietnamese air force major from Saigon and a former Mekong Delta plantation heiress.
[12] She also received funding from the Independent Television Service (ITVS),[7] the Center for Asian American Media,[13] and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
[7] Hoang premiered Oh, Saigon in March 2007 at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival,[14] and received a nomination for Best Documentary.
[19] In 2011 and 2012, as part of the American Documentary Showcase, Hoang took the film to 16 countries, including Spain, Colombia, Zimbabwe [20] and Vietnam.
[4][23] In addition to French Revolution, Hoang has worked on a number of short films: A Requiem for Vegetables describes "the massacre of vegetables by a scary 1950s homemaker"; Good Morning, Captains features two Gen-Xers that are involved in a car accident; and Agent depicts the impact of a CIA agent's life on his family.
[4][5][10] In 2013, she helped produce and direct a music video for pop singer Emily Newhouse called "Addicted to the Internet", which was featured at the Greenpoint Film Festival in Brooklyn.
[4][31] In 2009, Hoang founded the Los Angeles-based Camellia Creative Catering & Events, specializing in international cuisine made with locally sourced organic food.