- Winner
Peabody Award · (2025) · Winner
AsianWomenDirectorsPublic Beta
Nanfu Wang
王男栿
1985 – Present
- Genres
- Documentary
- Region
- North America
- Heritage
- ChinaUnited States
- Featured in
- Activist CinemaA Life’s Work
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.
Selected Filmography
Selected Recognition
- Nominee
Emmy Award · (2021) · Nominee
One Child Nation
2019- Winner
Sundance Film Festival · Documentary Feature (2019) · Winner
- Winner
International Documentary Association Award · (2019) · Winner
I Am Another You
2017- Winner
SXSW · Special Jury Award (2017) · Winner
Hooligan Sparrow
2016- Winner
Sundance Film Festival · premiere (2016) · Winner
- Nominee
Academy Award · Best Documentary Feature 2017 (2017) · Nominee
- First
Nanfu Wang and her crew faced government surveillance and intimidation while filming — documents activist Ye Haiyan's fight for justice in a child sexual abuse case in China
