Directing

Yuan Yuan

Place of birth

Wuhan, Hubei, China

Known for

Directing

Credits

8 titles

Yuan Yuan is a filmmaker, artist, and translator born in Wuhan, China. She holds an MFA in Film Production from NYU Tisch, supported by the Ang Lee Scholarship. Prior to her studies, she gained production experience working with director Wuershan and producer Bill Kong.

Known for

Behind the camera

When the Water Stills poster
4.0

She just wanted to feel a little lighter—her body, her soul, everything. One day, as she left the swimming pool, Jade noticed her bag seemed to be dripping, the dampness seeping into her very being. Determined to shed it all, she made her choice…

When the Water Stills

2024

Heading South poster
NR

Between the city and the countryside and the modern world versus the old, a girl is at her happiest when she is in nature. Her parents are divorced, and in a modern world there is a need for money. This means a trip to the big city on the back of her mother’s scooter. Once in the big smoke, the girl must visit with her father and his new girlfriend in order to pick up the all-important alimony.

Heading South

2020

Heading South poster
NR

Between the city and the countryside and the modern world versus the old, a girl is at her happiest when she is in nature. Her parents are divorced, and in a modern world there is a need for money. This means a trip to the big city on the back of her mother’s scooter. Once in the big smoke, the girl must visit with her father and his new girlfriend in order to pick up the all-important alimony.

Heading South

2020

Exchange poster
NR

A young layabout who's more interested in gaming than paying his bills on time receives a mysterious magic box that could bring about endless wealth or his untimely demise.

Exchange

2017

Exchange poster
NR

A young layabout who's more interested in gaming than paying his bills on time receives a mysterious magic box that could bring about endless wealth or his untimely demise.

Exchange

2017

Exchange poster
NR

A young layabout who's more interested in gaming than paying his bills on time receives a mysterious magic box that could bring about endless wealth or his untimely demise.

Exchange

2017

When Winter Comes poster
NR

A mother from China searches for her missing daughter in New York. Called to identify a dead body, she insists that the victim is not her daughter. Against the winter cold, she begins to post missing person flyers on the streets, day after day.

When Winter Comes

2024

When Winter Comes poster
NR

A mother from China searches for her missing daughter in New York. Called to identify a dead body, she insists that the victim is not her daughter. Against the winter cold, she begins to post missing person flyers on the streets, day after day.

When Winter Comes

2024