Nanfu Wang

Nanfu Wang (born 1985) 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.