Aung Naing Soe is a multimedia journalist, documentary filmmaker, and photographer with over a decade of experience working across Myanmar, Thailand, and the United States. Originally from Yangon, he began his career in 2012 as a fixer and production assistant for foreign correspondents before moving into photography, reporting, and visual storytelling. Photography was his first entry point into the media industry and continues to shape his visual approach.

 

His work spans news reporting, documentary filmmaking, and long-form visual storytelling focused on political change, conflict, displacement, and human rights. His reporting, films, and photography have appeared on international outlets including Al Jazeera, TRT World, Channel 4, Channel News Asia, SRF, DW, Vice News, the Associated Press, The Guardian, and The Washington Post. He is also the co-author of Frontline Poets: The Literary Rebels Taking on Myanmar’s Military, written with Joe Freeman.

 

Aung’s documentary films have screened at international forums, film festivals, and policy briefings. His upcoming project, When a Poet Goes to War, received the Docs by the Sea Award in 2024 and has been selected by multiple international documentary development programs. He currently works as a Social Media Specialist at Amnesty International and is based in the United States, where he continues to build his career in international and U.S. media.