Linda Hunt presenting the Oscar® for Best Supporting Actor to Haing S. Ngor for his performance in "The Killing Fields" - 57th Annual Academy Awards® in 1985.
Los Angeles, California -- Early on the morning of the day that he would win the Academy Award, Dr. Haing S. Ngor found himself in the middle of the annual Oscar media circus.
The tiny, two-bedroom apartment just east of Chinatown is not the sort of place one expects to find a best-selling author, much less an award-winning actor.
Ngor escaped the Khmer Rouge and recreated his experiences in "The Killing Fields," winning an Oscar for his first film, only to be murdered by gangbangers.
Linda Hunt presenting the Oscar® for Best Supporting Actor to Haing S. Ngor for his performance in "The Killing Fields" - 57th Annual Academy Awards® in 1985.
Los Angeles, California -- Early on the morning of the day that he would win the Academy Award, Dr. Haing S. Ngor found himself in the middle of the annual Oscar media circus.
The tiny, two-bedroom apartment just east of Chinatown is not the sort of place one expects to find a best-selling author, much less an award-winning actor.
Ngor escaped the Khmer Rouge and recreated his experiences in "The Killing Fields," winning an Oscar for his first film, only to be murdered by gangbangers.
