FILM DIRECTOR

Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche

1961 - Today

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Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche (Tibetan: རྫོང་གསར་འཇམ་དབྱངས་མཁྱེན་བརྩེ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ།, born June 18, 1961), also known as Khyentse Norbu, is a Tibetan Lama who was born in Bhutan, filmmaker, and writer. His five major films are The Cup (1999), Travellers and Magicians (2003), Vara: A Blessing (2013), Hema Hema: Sing Me a Song While I Wait (2017), and Looking for a Lady with Fangs and a Moustache (2019). He is the author of several published books such as What Makes You Not a Buddhist (2007), Not For Happiness: A Guide to the So-Called Preliminary Practices (2012), The Guru Drinks Bourbon? (2016), Living is Dying (2020), and several non-fiction works on Tibetan Buddhism for free distribution such as Introduction to the Middle Way: Chandrakirti’s Madhyamaka with Commentary (2003) and Buddha Nature: Mahayana-Uttaratantra-Shastra with Commentary (2007). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche is the 1,553rd most popular film director (down from 1,403rd in 2024), the 9th most popular biography from Bhutan (down from 8th in 2019) and the most popular Bhutanese Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche ranks 1,553 out of 2,041. Before him are Mario Martone, Darren Star, Art Clokey, Robin Campillo, Jörg Buttgereit, and Peter Schamoni. After him are Edward Lachman, Martha Coolidge, Mark Sandrich, Tom McGrath, Stéphane Brizé, and Marcus Nispel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche ranks 516. Before him are Erez Tal, Thomas Dooley, Glenn Plummer, Darren Star, Igors Rausis, and Rudy Dhaenens. After him are Eva Grimaldi, Dimitris Saravakos, Agneta Andersson, George Lopez, Tatiana de Rosnay, and Alan Pardew.

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In Bhutan

Among people born in Bhutan, Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche ranks 9 out of 17. Before him are Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (1929), Jigme Wangchuck (1905), Jigme Thinley (1952), Tshering Tobgay (1965), Jetsun Pema (1990), and Lotay Tshering (1969). After him are Sangay Ngedup (1953), Kunzang Choden (1952), Khandu Wangchuk (1950), Wangay Dorji (1974), Karma (1990), and Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck (2016).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Bhutan

Among film directors born in Bhutan, Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche ranks 1. 

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