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Nanfu Wang

born 1985 · Directing

62.8avg grm
6titles
3honors

Honors

3
2021BBC 100 Women
2020MacArthur Fellows Program
2016George Polk Award

Bio

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.

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.

Filmography

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2020s2 titlesMMind Over Murder2022 · as Director · series63.8IIn the Same Breath2021 · as Director75.4
2010s3 titlesOOne Child Nation2019 · as Self58.0II Am Another You2017 · as Self57.8HHooligan Sparrow2016 · as Director58.0
1980s1 titlePP.O.V.1988 · as Director · series63.8

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Nanfu Wang

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born1985
known forDirecting
titles on site6
avg GRM62.8
honors3 · BBC 100 Women, 2021
Honors
  • 2021BBC 100 Women
  • 2020MacArthur Fellows Program
  • 2016George Polk Award
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.

Filmography

goodrecmovies Score

2020s

2 titles
M63.8Mind Over Murder2022 · as Director · seriesI75.4In the Same Breath2021 · as Director

2010s

3 titles
O58.0One Child Nation2019 · as SelfI57.8I Am Another You2017 · as SelfH58.0Hooligan Sparrow2016 · as Director

1980s

1 title
P63.8P.O.V.1988 · as Director · series

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