Khoa Do

The Do family left Vietnam in 1980 as Vietnamese refugees, fleeing Saigon by boat. At the age of 18 months, Khoa narrowly escaped death at the hands of Thai pirates.[1] They arrived in Sydney in August 1980.

Khoa received a scholarship to attend St Aloysius' College in Milson's Point, graduating in 1996. He studied Law and Arts at the University of Sydney.

His brother is the comedian/author Anh Do. His mother, Hien, played the role of Van Nguyen's mother, Kim, in Better Man (2013), a film which he produced.[2]

Do is on the jury for the Feature Fiction and Documentary awards at the 2020 Adelaide Film Festival.[3][4]

Do has been active in helping the under-privileged in South-Western Sydney, especially the Vietnamese community. While at university he worked as an English teacher and job-seeking-skills volunteer among the youth living in Cabramatta. In 2006, Do commenced voluntary work with disadvantaged kids at Cabramatta's Open Family Youth Social Services Centre, after being asked to teach film-making to "at risk" youths.

• 2001 Young Citizen of the Year Award (City of Bankstown)
• 2003 – Centenary Medal
• 2005 – Do was named Young Australian of the Year for his "leadership, compassion, and will to inspire and inform Australians on issues that affect our communities".[5]

• The Diamond of Jeru (2001, TV)
• The Finished People (2003)
• Footy Legends (2006)
• Delivery Day (2009) – tells the story of a young girl and her struggle to balance the demands of school, her mother and the family's backyard sweatshop and is heavily based on Do's own experience.
• Mother Fish (2010)
• Better Man (2013)
• Schapelle (2014)

• Official website
• Khoa Do at IMDb