Sean Ali Wang is a Hui (a Muslim ethnic minority) Chinese filmmaker born in Beijing in 1991. After graduated from Communication University of China for BA and Beijing Film Academy for his first MA, he has been a freelance documentary director for years. Recently he is majoring in Fine Art for his second MA in University of the Arts Utrecht, Netherlands.
His debut feature-length documentary film Lady of the Harbour had its world premiere at IDFA 2017. His second documentary film A Marble Travelogue was premiered at IDFA 202. It was selected at more than 40 international film festivals including Visions du Reel, CPH:DOX, Hotdocs etc. It was broadcasted on Arte, NHK and was theatrically released in Spain.