Yung Chang is a renowned director of feature documentaries, with a repertoire that includes the award-winning films Up the Yangtze (2007),China Heavyweight (2012),The Fruit Hunters (2013),This is Not a Movie (2019),and Wuhan Wuhan (2021),which earned an Emmy nomination and qualified for the Oscars.
As an alumnus of the 2018 TIFF Writers Studio and the 2015 Sundance Institute Screenwriting and Directing Labs, Chang honed his skills in crafting his feature script, Eggplant.
His films have been showcased at prestigious international film festivals, such as Sundance, Berlin, Toronto, and IDFA, and have been released theatrically in cinemas worldwide. Notably, Up the Yangtze was one of the top-grossing documentary releases in 2008, while China Heavyweight became the most widely screened social-issue documentary in Chinese history, with an official release in over 200 Mainland Chinese cinemas.
Critically acclaimed, Chang's films have received numerous awards, including those in Paris, Milan, Vancouver, San Francisco, the Canadian Screen Award, two Taiwan Golden Horse awards, Cinema Eye Honors, and more. His work has also been nominated for awards at Sundance, the Independent Spirit Awards, the Emmys, and the Toronto Film Critics Awards.
Chang's accolades include the Don Haig Award, the Yolande and Pierre Perrault Award, and the Guggenheim Emerging Artist Award. He is a member of the Directors Guild of Canada and the Writers Guild of Canada, and in 2013, he was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Yung Chang's impressive body of work has solidified his position as a respected figure in the film industry, with his films continuing to captivate audiences and garner recognition worldwide.
