Sean Wang

is a filmmaker from Fremont, CA. He is a Google Creative Lab 5 alum, 2020 Sundance Ignite Fellow, 2021 ADC Young Gun, and 2022 Sundance Institute | Asian American Foundation Fellow.

Most recently, his film, H.A.G.S (Have A Good Summer), was acquired by the New York Times and became one of their most popular Op-Docs of 2021.

He is currently in development on his first feature film, Dìdi (弟弟), with the producing team of Carlos López Estrada and Kelly Marie Tran.

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H.A.G.S. (Have A Good Summer)


This film was originally published by The New York Times Op-Docs: nytimes.com/2021/04/20/opinion/hags-have-a-good-summer-adulthood.html?smid=url-share

Official Selection:
AFI Fest 2021
SFFILM Doc Stories 2021
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2021

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Short of the Week
NBC Asian America
Roger Ebert
Directors Notes
Featuring: Danial Awan, Way Chen, Fahad Manzur, Sohrab Nawim, Karina Paonessa, Terilyn Tran

Director / Producer: Sean Wang
Animator / Illustrator: Deepti Menon
Composer: Giosuè Greco
Sound Design & Mix: Jackie! Zhou
8mm Photography: Iris Lee
Editor: Sean Wang

Senior Commissioning Producer: Christine Kecher
Supervising Editor: Andrew Blackwell
Associate Producer: Yvonne Ashley Kouadjo
Executive Producer: Adam Ellick
Co-Executive Producer: Lindsay Crouse

Special Thanks:
Anoop Chaganty
Sam Davis
Coert Donahue
Congrui Lin
Mushfeque Manzur
Nasreen Rahman
Jarrod Rocha
Hannah Pearl Utt
Rayka Zehtabchi