Kim Nguyen (born 1974)[1] is a Canadian film director and screenwriter, best known for his 2012 film War Witch (Rebelle) which received numerous honours including an Academy Awards nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.

[2] Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec to a Vietnamese father and a French-Canadian mother,[1][3] he is a 1997 graduate of Concordia University in Montreal, having earned a BFA.

[4] His knowledge of computer-assisted image manipulation was deepened while he taught cinematographic language and screenwriting at the Institut de création artistique et de recherche en infographie (ICARI) and Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf in Montréal.

[1][5][6] Kim has directed a number of feature films including War Witch (2012) (also known by the French title Rebelle), Eye on Juliet (2017) and The Hummingbird Project (2018).

[8] Following War Witch, Kim Nguyen was one of 276 new members invited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.