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Nanfu Wang

Directing

Born January 1, 1985 · Jiangxi, China

Also known as Ван Наньфу · Наньфу Ванг · 王男栿

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Biography

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. 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.

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Awards & recognition

  • BBC 100 Women · 2021
  • MacArthur Fellows Program · 2020
  • George Polk Award · 2016

Filmography8 titles

Liquor Store Dreams

2022Consulting Producer

I Am Another You

2017Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer

One Child Nation

2019as Self

Hooligan Sparrow

2016Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Writer

In the Same Breath

2021Director, Editor, Producer

Mind Over Murder

2022Executive Producer

Night Is Not Eternal

2024as Self

Out of Many, One

2018Director