Nanfu Wang
January 1, 1985 · 41 years old
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…
Known For
4 titles
One Child Nation
After becoming a mother, a filmmaker uncovers the untold history of China's one-child policy and the generations of parents and children forever shaped by this social experiment.
In the Same Breath
How did the Chinese government turn pandemic cover-ups in Wuhan into a triumph for the Communist party?
Hooligan Sparrow
A human rights activist and filmmaker travels to Hainan Province to seek justice for six elementary school girls who were sexually abused, while being followed by local governments, national secret police, and even her own neighbors.
Night Is Not Eternal
For seven years, award-winning Chinese-American filmmaker Nanfu Wang followed Rosa Maria Paya, daughter of the five time Nobel Peace Prize nominated activist, Oswaldo Paya, in Rosa's fight for democracy.