Marcus Manh Cuong Vu studied in Berlin and Paris. He began as a film critic for the Vietnamese media at major international festivals. From 2010 to 2014, he was director of the Yxine Film Fest, a pioneering international short film festival in a hybrid form. Since 2015, he has been actively involved in the Vietnamese film industry as a screenwriter, producer and director. Memento Mori: Earth is his first fiction film. He is working on the second part of a trilogy, Memento Mori: Water.
