Person

Paul Sng

Directing · London

Paul Sng is a bi-racial British Chinese filmmaker based in Edinburgh, Scotland whose work focuses on people who challenge the status quo. He has directed six feature documentaries, including POLY STYRENE: I AM A CLICHE (winner of BIFA 2021 Best Documentary, BIFA 2021 Raindance Discovery Award), TISH (Sheffield DocFest 2023 Opening Gala film) and REALITY IS NOT ENOUGH (Edinburgh International Film Festival 2025 Closing Gala film). In 2022 he was named as a BAFTA Breakthrough Artist.

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  Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché

  Director

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  Tish

  Director

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  Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough

  Director

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  Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle

  Director

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  Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain

  Director

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  Marietta

  Producer

• Little Warrior

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  Year of the Dog

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• The Tyranny of Petty Things

  Executive Producer

• Together We Stand, Alone We Fall Apart

  Director

• 2026Together We Stand, Alone We Fall ApartDirector
• 2025Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not EnoughDirector
• 2023TishDirector
• 2022FoldingDirector
• 2022Little WarriorDirector
• 2022Year of the DogDirector
• 2021The Tyranny of Petty ThingsExecutive Producer
• 2021Poly Styrene: I Am a ClichéDirector
• 2017Dispossession: The Great Social Housing SwindleDirector
• 2015Sleaford Mods: Invisible BritainDirector
• —MariettaProducer