Paul Sng

Paul Sng

Known for

Directing

Birthplace

London

Biography

Paul Sng is a bi-racial British Chinese filmmaker based in Edinburgh, Scotland whose work focuses on people who challenge the status quo. He has directed six feature documentaries, including POLY STYRENE: I AM A CLICHE (winner of BIFA 2021 Best Documentary, BIFA 2021 Raindance Discovery Award), TISH (Sheffield DocFest 2023 Opening Gala film) and REALITY IS NOT ENOUGH (Edinburgh International Film Festival 2025 Closing Gala film). In 2022 he was named as a BAFTA Breakthrough Artist.

Best known work

Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
2021
Little Warrior
Little Warrior
2022
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
2025
Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain
Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain
2015
Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle
Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle
2017
Tish
Tish
2023
Year of the Dog
Year of the Dog
2022
Folding
Folding
2022
Marietta
Marietta
The Tyranny of Petty Things
The Tyranny of Petty Things
2021

Filmography

  1. TBA

    Marietta

    Producer

  2. 2026

    Together We Stand, Alone We Fall Apart

    Director

  3. 2025

    Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough

    Director, Producer, Writer

  4. 2023

    Tish

    Director, Producer

  5. 2022

    Folding

    Director

  6. 2022

    Little Warrior

    Director

  7. 2022

    Year of the Dog

    Director

  8. 2021

    The Tyranny of Petty Things

    Executive Producer

  9. 2021

    Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché

    Director, Writer

  10. 2017

    Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle

    Director

  11. 2015

    Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain

    Director

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