Person
Nanfu Wang
Directing · Born 1985-01-01 · Jiangxi, China
Biography
Nanfu Wang is an award-winning filmmaker based in New York City. Her feature documentary I Am Another You premiered at SXSW 2017 in the documentary feature competition. Her feature debut Hooligan Sparrow was shortlisted for the 2017 Academy Award® for best documentary feature. After its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival 2016, Hooligan Sparrow opened theatrically across North America and was later released on POV, Netflix, Amazon, and iTunes. It has won over twenty awards internationally including a Cinema Eye Honor, a George Polk Award, and the Truer than Fiction Award at the Independent Spirit Awards. Wang was honored by the IDA with the 2016 Emerging Filmmaker Award.
Known for
Mind Over Murder
Executive Producer
One Child Nation
Self
Hooligan Sparrow
Director
In the Same Breath
Director
Liquor Store Dreams
Consulting Producer
Night Is Not Eternal
Self
I Am Another You
Director
Out of Many, One
Director
Filmography
- 2024Night Is Not EternalSelf
- 2022Mind Over MurderExecutive Producer
- 2022Liquor Store DreamsConsulting Producer
- 2021In the Same BreathDirector
- 2019One Child NationSelf
- 2018Out of Many, OneDirector
- 2017I Am Another YouDirector
- 2016Hooligan SparrowDirector
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