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J.P. Sniadecki at the 2012 Viennale

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

Biography

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 was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2017.[7]

References

  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. ^ "J.P. Sniadecki". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved September 19, 2024.

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