Biography

Paul Sng is a bi-racial British Chinese filmmaker based in Edinburgh and London, whose work focuses on people who challenge the status quo. His films have been broadcast on television and screened internationally, and his feature documentary credits include DISPOSSESSION, POLY STYRENE: I AM A CLICHE (winner of BIFA 2021 Best Documentary, BIFA 2021 Raindance Discovery Award) and TISH (Sheffield DocFest 2023 Opening Gala film). Paul strives to make bold and creatively ambitious films that connect emotionally with audiences, working collaboratively with great teams to achieve high production values and deliver on budget and on time. He has worked with high profile talent and filmed in multiple countries. In 2022 he was named as a BAFTA Breakthrough Artist.

Credits

Tish 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
-   Director 2023
Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliche 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
-   Director 2021
Social Housing, Social Cleansing 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
-   Director 2018
Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle 1 episode View
Series   Role Year
-   Director 2017

Other Credits

Folding Short Film View
Description Year
A fleeting story about an unlikely friendship between a vulnerable Taiwanese woman, Li (Shin-Fei Chen, Chinese Burn), and Errol (Joseph Marcel, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), an elderly St Lucian widower. Despite not speaking one another's language, the two form an intimate bond of friendship over the course of one day. What unfolds is a universal tale of compassion and trust that reveals two resilient people helping one another through trauma and grief. 2022
Aska Short film View
Description Year
After her husband dies suddenly, Helen (Jenny Ryan) is under pressure to to settle debts and provide for her teenage daughter, Mia (Fatima Jawara). Encouraged by an unscrupulous literary agent, Imogen (Kate Dickie), Helen agrees to finish the book, before a shocking revelation about her husband forces her to question whether she can continue. 2024

Awards

Skills

  • Arts
  • Lecturing
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