Miao Wang

Dublin Core

Title

Miao Wang

Contributor Item Type Metadata

First Name

Miao

Surname or Business Name

Wang

Years Affiliated

2017

Birth Date

1977

Birthplace

China

Occupation

Filmmaker

Biographical Text

Miao Wang (China) is the award-winning filmmaker behind the critically-acclaimed documentary films Beijing Taxi (first feature) and Yellow Ox Mountain which have screened at over 70 international festivals and institutions such as SXSW, and the Guggenheim Museum, with US theatrical release, and broadcast nationwide. Wang just world premiered her sophomore feature-doc Maineland at SXSW 2017 and took home a Special Jury Award for Excellence in Observational Cinema. Maineland is part two of her trilogy looking at China’s transformations. She directed Made by China in America, a short documentary in Morgan Spurlock's acclaimed We the Economy series. Wang is a recipient of grants and fellowship from the Sundance Institute, the Jerome Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts, the Tribeca Film Institute, Tribeca All Access, IFP, and Women Make Movies. She has a BA in Economics from the University of Chicago, and a MFA in Design and Film from Parsons.