Filmmaker · Record-setting author · Motivational speaker

One life.
Hundreds of stories.

Dr. Bak Nguyen builds worlds that turn knowledge into emotion—and emotion into movement.

Founder of Emotive World · Montreal, Canada · Stories built to outlive their creator

Enter the filmographyDiscover the journey
170+Books authored
20+Years building companies
Multi-seriesProduction slate
GlobalStreaming reach

The conviction

“I was a dentist by circumstance, a communicator by passion, and an entrepreneur by nature. Filmmaking brought all three together.”
Dr. Bak Nguyen

Dr. Bak Nguyen

A filmmaker, author and speaker who turns complex ideas into stories people can feel.

Founder of Emotive World and author of more than 170 books, Dr. Bak creates across documentary, history, mythology, leadership and human performance. His earlier career as a dentist and entrepreneur remains the discipline beneath the work—not the headline.

A singular creative system

Medicine taught him to diagnose. Books taught him to compress. Cinema taught him to make people feel.

01

Architect of stories

He builds connected documentary and animated worlds—not isolated titles—designed to educate, entertain and expand across seasons.

02

Producer at speed

AI-assisted production is not a shortcut. It is a new studio architecture that lets a small, disciplined team compete through vision and velocity.

03

Psychology first

Whether the subject is football, revolution or mythology, every story returns to the same question: why do people become who they become?

Now streaming · Public releases

Watch Dr. Bak’s two mainstream documentary series today.

These are the two public entry points into the Emotive World catalogue—available directly on major streaming platforms.

COVID
CONOMICS
2024 · Documentary series · Economics & society

COVIDconomics

A clinician and entrepreneur diagnoses the economic aftershocks of the pandemic, translating inflation, policy and recovery into a human story.

View on Roku

Filmography · Emotive World

A studio catalogue built at the intersection of cinema and knowledge.

Distributed documentaries sit beside an expanding slate of historical, mythological and psychological series. Dr. Bak’s recurring roles span creator, writer, producer, editor and on-screen commentator.

2026 · 6 × 45 min · Documentary series

The Football Mindset

Discipline, resilience, teamwork, family and life beyond the field. Written, edited and executive-produced by Dr. Bak Nguyen; directed by Kristopher Bak.

2024 · Documentary series

COVIDconomics

The economic and human aftershocks of the pandemic, approached through the eyes of a diagnostician.

2025 · Mythology series

Gods

An Emotive World production exploring divinity, power and the fears that created the gods.

History · Animated documentary

Research Legends

The Trojan War and the American Revolution rebuilt through psychology, strategy and action.

Myth anthology · Superhero horror

Fear Monster

Ancient monsters reimagined as evolving reflections of fear, hunger and identity.

Verified screen credits & availability

TitleFormatDr. Bak’s creditsStatusWatch / verify
The Football Mindset6 × 46–48 min
Sports documentary		Writer · Editor · Executive Producer · CastStreaming
TubiFawesomeApple TVTrailer
COVIDconomicsDocumentary series
Economics & society		Director · Writer · HostStreaming
Roku
GodsTV series
Mythology		Creator · Producer · CastCompleted
IMDb
Research LegendsMulti-season animated documentary
History		Creator · Writer · Producer · HostStudio slateTrojan War · American Revolution
Fear MonsterAnimated anthology
Myth & horror		Creator · Writer · Producer · HostStudio slateFenrir · Sekhmet · Harpies
The Power Behind the Alpha5 × 45 min
Leadership documentary		Creator · Writer · ProducerCompletedEmotive World

Books available today

Read Dr. Bak Nguyen on Amazon and Apple Books.

More than 170 books have been created across leadership, entrepreneurship, identity, health, dentistry and family storytelling. These storefronts are the simplest way to browse the titles currently available for purchase.

Motivational speaker · Keynotes

Not motivation for a moment. Architecture for a lifetime.

Dr. Bak speaks from lived experience: building clinics, companies, books, films and creative teams while repeatedly entering industries in which he began as an outsider.

01 · IDENTITY

Becoming before achieving

How identity, courage and self-permission determine the ceiling of performance.

02 · LEADERSHIP

The architecture of momentum

Building systems that keep moving when motivation disappears.

03 · AI & CREATIVITY

The studio of the future

How small teams can use AI responsibly to create at unprecedented speed and scale.

04 · RESILIENCE

Turning the impossible into a schedule

What record-setting production reveals about fatigue, discipline and compounding.

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Recognition

Honoured across entrepreneurship, healthcare and leadership.

EY

Entrepreneur of the Year

Nominee for entrepreneurial leadership and industry innovation.

2021

Top 100 Doctors

International recognition joining clinical work and visionary entrepreneurship.

2023

CREA Global Award

Recognized among global leaders in creativity and entrepreneurship.

IAOTP

Top Dentist & CEO

Honoured for leadership, healthcare entrepreneurship and impact.

LYS

Grand Hommage

Grand Hommage LYS de la Diversité for contribution to community and enterprise.

Canada

Parliament & Senate

Recognition for professional and community contribution.

120

Books in 60 months

A landmark in sustained creative output and intellectual discipline.

Emotive

World-building studio

A rapidly expanding catalogue across documentary, history, sport and mythology.

The journey

One career. Continuous reinvention.

Mdex & Co.

Founded a new dental business model and began two decades of healthcare entrepreneurship.

Emotive World

Co-founded a technology and media company exploring emotion, audio, AI and educational storytelling.

The publishing acceleration

Turned writing into a discipline of compression, producing books at a record-setting pace.

COVIDconomics

Expanded from author and producer into documentary direction and on-camera storytelling.

A studio becomes a universe

The Football Mindset reaches streaming audiences as Emotive World scales multiple history and mythology franchises.

The foundation · Dentistry

The clinical career is secondary to the story—but essential to the man.

Dentistry trained Dr. Bak to listen beneath the obvious, make decisions under pressure and accept responsibility for outcomes. Mdex & Co., co-founded with mechanical engineer Tranie Vo, became the proving ground where he learned to build teams, redesign business models and lead through uncertainty.

The filmmaker did not replace the dentist. He inherited his precision.

The author inherited his need to explain.

The speaker inherited his duty to reassure people before asking them to change.

Films · Speaking · Creative partnerships

Every meaningful project begins with a conversation.

Connect with Dr. Bak Nguyen and Emotive World.

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