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.