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[[File:JP Sniadecki Viennale 2012 b (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|J.P. Sniadecki at the 2012 [[Viennale]]]]
[[File:JP Sniadecki Viennale 2012 b (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|J.P. Sniadecki at the 2012 [[Viennale]]]]
'''J.P. Sniadecki''' (born 1979) is an American filmmaker.
'''J. P. Sniadecki''' (born 1979) is an American filmmaker.


==Biography==
==Biography==
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He began his graduate studies at [[Harvard University]] in 2005, where he studied under [[Lucien Castaing-Taylor]] and joined the [[Sensory Ethnography Lab]] when it was started in 2006.{{sfn|MacDonald|2019|p=453}} His short film ''Songhua'', shot along the [[Songhua River]] a year after the [[2005 Jilin chemical plant explosions|Jilin chemical plant explosions]], documents the relationship between local residents and the river.{{sfn|MacDonald|2019|pp=457–460}} His 2008 film ''Demolition'' documents migrant laborers working at a demolition site in [[Chengdu]].{{sfn|MacDonald|2013|pp=328–330}}
He began his graduate studies at [[Harvard University]] in 2005, where he studied under [[Lucien Castaing-Taylor]] and joined the [[Sensory Ethnography Lab]] when it was started in 2006.{{sfn|MacDonald|2019|p=453}} His short film ''Songhua'', shot along the [[Songhua River]] a year after the [[2005 Jilin chemical plant explosions|Jilin chemical plant explosions]], documents the relationship between local residents and the river.{{sfn|MacDonald|2019|pp=457–460}} His 2008 film ''Demolition'' documents migrant laborers working at a demolition site in [[Chengdu]].{{sfn|MacDonald|2013|pp=328–330}}


[[File:Libbie D Cohn, JP Sniadecki Viennale 2012 d (cropped).jpg|thumb|Sniadecki ''(right)'' and ''People's Park'' co-director Libbie D. Cohn ''(left)'' at a 2012 screening]]
Sniadecki co-directed ''[[El mar la mar]]'' (2017) with Joshua Bonnetta. The film looks at the physical traces of human activity in the [[Sonoran Desert]] near the [[Mexico–United States border]].{{sfn|Kara|2022|pp=89–103}}{{sfn|Balsom|2021|pp=188–192}} Sniadecki was awarded a [[List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2017|Guggenheim Fellowship in 2017]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/j-p-sniadecki/ |title=J.P. Sniadecki |publisher=[[John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation]] |access-date=September 19, 2024}}</ref>
Sniadecki co-directed ''Foreign Parts'' (2010) with [[Véréna Paravel]], whose 2008 film ''7 Queens'' informed their work. It chronicles an auto junkyard in [[Willets Point, Queens]].{{sfn|MacDonald|2013|pp=332–334}} His 2012 film ''People's Park'', consisting of one long [[tracking shot]], captures different types of activities at [[People's Park (Chengdu)|People's Park]] in Chengdu.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lim |first=Dennis |date=March 22, 2013 |title=Taking It to the Limit |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/24/movies/in-peoples-park-one-long-shot-to-tell-a-story.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |page=AR12 |access-date=September 20, 2024}}</ref>

Sniadecki co-directed ''[[El mar la mar]]'' (2017) with Joshua Bonnetta. The film looks at the physical traces of human activity in the [[Sonoran Desert]] near the [[Mexico–United States border]].{{sfn|Kara|2022|pp=89–103}}{{sfn|Balsom|2021|pp=188–192}} Sniadecki was awarded a [[List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2017|Guggenheim Fellowship in 2017]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/j-p-sniadecki/ |title=J.P. Sniadecki |publisher=[[John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation]] |access-date=September 19, 2024}}</ref> His 2020 film ''A Shape of Things to Come'', co-directed with Lisa Malloy, follows a man named Sundog who appears in ''El mar la mar''. It includes [[thermographic]] footage from [[Jason De León]] of the Undocumented Migration Project.{{sfn|Kara|2022|p=101}}


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 21:06, 16 October 2024

J.P. Sniadecki at the 2012 Viennale

J. P. Sniadecki (born 1979) is an American filmmaker.

Biography

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Sniadecki was born in 1979 in Michigan.[1] He became interested in China through reading Chinese philosophy and first traveled there in 1999.[2] He attended Grand Valley State University for his undergraduate studies, completing his Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and communications in 2002.[3]

He began his graduate studies at Harvard University in 2005, where he studied under Lucien Castaing-Taylor and joined the Sensory Ethnography Lab when it was started in 2006.[4] His short film Songhua, shot along the Songhua River a year after the Jilin chemical plant explosions, documents the relationship between local residents and the river.[5] His 2008 film Demolition documents migrant laborers working at a demolition site in Chengdu.[6]

Sniadecki (right) and People's Park co-director Libbie D. Cohn (left) at a 2012 screening

Sniadecki co-directed Foreign Parts (2010) with Véréna Paravel, whose 2008 film 7 Queens informed their work. It chronicles an auto junkyard in Willets Point, Queens.[7] His 2012 film People's Park, consisting of one long tracking shot, captures different types of activities at People's Park in Chengdu.[8]

Sniadecki co-directed El mar la mar (2017) with Joshua Bonnetta. The film looks at the physical traces of human activity in the Sonoran Desert near the Mexico–United States border.[9][10] Sniadecki was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2017.[11] His 2020 film A Shape of Things to Come, co-directed with Lisa Malloy, follows a man named Sundog who appears in El mar la mar. It includes thermographic footage from Jason De León of the Undocumented Migration Project.[12]

References

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  1. ^ Cutler, Aaron (August 20, 2015). "Place of Passage: J.P. Sniadecki on The Iron Ministry". Filmmaker. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
  2. ^ Jacobs, Jonas (March 15, 2016). "The POV Interview: JP Sniadecki on 'People's Park'". Point of View. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
  3. ^ MacDonald 2019, pp. 452–453.
  4. ^ MacDonald 2019, p. 453.
  5. ^ MacDonald 2019, pp. 457–460.
  6. ^ MacDonald 2013, pp. 328–330.
  7. ^ MacDonald 2013, pp. 332–334.
  8. ^ Lim, Dennis (March 22, 2013). "Taking It to the Limit". The New York Times. p. AR12. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  9. ^ Kara 2022, pp. 89–103.
  10. ^ Balsom 2021, pp. 188–192.
  11. ^ "J.P. Sniadecki". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
  12. ^ Kara 2022, p. 101.

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