Sean Wang


Sean Wang is a Taiwanese-American film director. His documentary short, Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó, premiered at the 2023 South by Southwest, where it won both the Grand Jury Award and the Audience Award. It went on to be nominated for Best Documentary Short Film at the 96th Academy Awards.
His feature-length directorial debut, Dìdi, premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, where it received the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award. Wang also won two Independent Spirit Awards for the film.
In June 2025, Wang was invited to join the Short Films Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Early life and education

Wang is from Fremont, California, and was raised in a Taiwanese American family. He attended and graduated from Irvington High School. Afterwards, he attended film school at the University of Southern California, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in film and video production in 2016, and worked for Google Creative Lab. He participated in multiple Sundance Institute programs, including the director and screenwriter labs.

Filmography

  • Still Here
  • H.A.G.S.
  • Sunday
  • Dumbfoundead: Secret Menu
  • Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó
  • ''Dìdi''

    Awards and nominations