



J.P. Sniadecki
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-Made China (Hawaii University Press).
Acting History
2024
On the Battlefield
Director
On the Battlefield
Producer
2020
A Shape of Things to Come
Director
A Shape of Things to Come
Producer
2017
El Mar La Mar
Director
El Mar La Mar
Editor
El Mar La Mar
Producer
El Mar La Mar
Sound Designer
El Mar La Mar
Director of Photography
El Mar La Mar
Production Design
2014
The Iron Ministry
Director
2013
Yumen
Director
2012
KUN 13: Criticizing Ai Weiwei and Wu Haohao
Cinematography
People's Park
Director
2010
Foreign Parts
Director
Foreign Parts
Co-Producer
Foreign Parts
Cinematography
Foreign Parts
Editor
The Yellow Bank
Director
Sichuan Triptych
Director
2009
Sweetgrass
Thanks
2008
