Nanfu Wang
Chinese-born American director and filmmaker · China · On the map · Directors · Born 1985 · age 41
Nanfu Wang is a Chinese-born American film director, producer, and editor. Her debut film Hooligan Sparrow premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and was shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2017.
Nanfu Wang is read about 23 times a day, in 14 languages.
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Night Is Not EternalFilm, Director, Producer2022
Mind Over MurderSeries, Director, Creator2021BBC 100 WomenAward
In the Same BreathFilm, 2021Director, Producer2020MacArthur Fellows ProgramAward2019
One Child NationFilm, Director, Producer2018
Out of Many, OneFilm, Director2017
I Am Another YouFilm, Director, Producer2016George Polk AwardAward
Hooligan SparrowFilm, 2016Director, Writer1985BornPeople around Nanfu
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Her second film, I Am Another You, premiered at SXSW Film Festival in 2017 and won two special jury awards, and her third film, One Child Nation, won the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary Feature at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. Wang is the recipient of a 2021 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Filmmaking, from the Vilcek Foundation. Her 2024 documentary feature, titled Night Is Not Eternal, won a Peabody Award at the 85th Annual Ceremony.
