About

Nay Myo Set Lu was born in Dawei in 1994. Starting in primary school, he relocated to Yangon with his mother for his education, frequently traveling back and forth between his hometown and the city. He graduated from the Myanmar Maritime University in 2017. Nay Myo Set Lu began writing during his university years. He published two poetry books  in 2016 and in 2018, followed by a short story collection in 2021. Expanding beyond literature, he entered the film industry in 2022 as the producer of Maung Day’s debut short film, On Veranda, In Flowers. In 2023, he was selected for the PURIN Short Film Camp, where he won the 1st Runner-Up Award. This achievement led to his participation in Platform Busan 2024, a program held as part of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) in October. Also in 2024, through a grant supported by the British Council Myanmar and the British Museum for the “Artist Response to Burma to Myanmar” exhibition, he created Myeik In a Shell (Text & Documentation). In April 2024, he participated in the GMS Artist Residency in Chiang Rai, Thailand, where he created the video art piece Lying On The Riverbed. During the first quarter of 2025, he served as the producer for Maung Day’s third short film, Mother’s Mushrooms, which was shot in Kalaw. He is currently actively managing the film’s distribution stage.