孙宁忆 Ningyi Sun

影人资料

A Chinese national, Ningyi Sun (she/her) is a film director, writer, and producer. She has lived and worked on three continents and speaks English, French, and Portuguese. In 2023, she co-directed her first feature documentary, Eat Bitter. Currently based in New York, she is directing and producing her short documentary Act Before You Think about the Meisner acting technique, while co-writing a feature screenplay based on real events in the life of an immigrant *** worker in Queens, New York. In 2022, she produced, wrote, and acted in her first narrative short film, Intimate, which won Best Romantic Short at the Independent Shorts Awards. Before diving into the filmmaking world, she earned a ******’s degree from Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and worked for the United Nations peace operation in the Central African Republic.