J.P. Sniadecki

J.P. Sniadecki

Known for

Directing

Biography

J.P. Sniadecki is a filmmaker, anthropologist, and professor of documentary media at Northwestern University in Chicago. His films, which include Demolition / Chaiqian (2008), Foreign Parts (with Verena Paravel, 2010), People’s Park (with Libbie Cohn, 2012), Yumen (with Huang Xiang and Xu Ruotao, 2013) and The Iron Ministry (2014), have won many awards at festivals around the world. His work has been featured in the 2014 Whitney Biennale, the 2014 Shanghai Biennale, the UCCA in Beijing, The MoMA, The Guggenheim, The Museum of Natural History in New York, and a special section of BIFF 2012. He has written on Chinese Independent Cinema for Cinema Scope, Visual Anthropology Review, 电影作者 and DV-...

Best known work

Sweetgrass
Sweetgrass
2009
Foreign Parts
Foreign Parts
2010
The Iron Ministry
The Iron Ministry
2014
El Mar La Mar
El Mar La Mar
2017
People's Park
People's Park
2012
Yumen
Yumen
2013
A Shape of Things to Come
A Shape of Things to Come
2020
The Yellow Bank
The Yellow Bank
2010
Demolition
Demolition
2008
KUN 13: Criticizing Ai Weiwei and Wu Haohao
KUN 13: Criticizing Ai Weiwei and Wu Haohao
2012

Filmography

  1. 2024

    On the Battlefield

    Director, Producer

  2. 2020

    A Shape of Things to Come

    Director, Producer

  3. 2017

    El Mar La Mar

    Director, Producer, Editor, Sound Designer, Director of Photography, Production Design

  4. 2014

  5. 2013

    Yumen

    Director

  6. 2012

  7. 2012

  8. 2010

  9. 2010

    Foreign Parts

    Director, Co-Producer, Cinematography, Editor

  10. 2010

  11. 2009

  12. 2008

    Demolition

    Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay

  13. 2007

    Songhua

    Director, Writer, Cinematography

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