Sean Ali Wang

Sean Ali Wang is a Hui-Chinese film director and visual artist born in 1991 and grew up in Beijing. He graduated from the Communication University of China, Beijing Film Academy, and the University of the Arts Utrecht. His debut feature- length documentary, Lady of the Harbour, a story of Chinese migrants’ efforts to help Syrian refugees in Greece, had its world premiere at IDFA 2017. His second documentary, A Marble Travelogue, a visual research tracing a piece of Greek white marble and its metamorphosis’s globetrotting between China and Europe, premiered at IDFA 2021 and was also selected at more than 40 international film festivals, including Visions du Reel, CPH:DOX, and Hotdocs.