Paul Sng

Paul Sng is a British Chinese documentary filmmaker, based in Edinburgh.[1]

Life and work

Sng was born in London.[2]

He has made films about Sleaford Mods and opposition to the United Kingdom government austerity programme,[3] the shortage of social housing in Britain,[4] Poly Styrene,[5] homelessness,[6] and Tish Murtha,[7]

Filmography

• Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain (2015) – written and co-directed by Sng[8]
• Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle (2017) – written, directed and produced by Sng[9][10]
• Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché (2021) – co-directed by Sng (with Celeste Bell)[11]
• Year of the Dog (2022) – directed by Sng[6]
• Tish (2023) – directed by Sng[12][13]

Publications

• Invisible Britain. Bristol: Policy, 2018. Edited by Sng. ISBN 978-1447344117. With a foreword by Michael Sheen.[14][15][16]

Awards

• 2020: Co-winner (with Celeste Bell), British Independent Film Award for Best Documentary, British Independent Film Awards 2021, for Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché[17]
• 2021: Co-winner (with Celeste Bell), Whistler Film Festival Documentary Award, Whistler Film Festival, for Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché[18]

References

1. "Paul Sng". www.revolutiontalent.co.uk.
2. Bryant-Henry, Taya (17 October 2018). "Interview: Paul Sng". Bristol24/7.
3. Hann, Michael (26 November 2015). "Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain review – an awkward ode to austerity Britain". The Guardian.
4. McCahill, Mike (16 June 2017). "Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle review – balanced look at a dysfunctional market". The Guardian.
5. Bradshaw, Peter (5 March 2021). "Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché review – riveting take on British punk heroine". The Guardian.
6. "Year of the Dog (2022)". Letterboxd.
7. Bradshaw, Peter (14 June 2023). "Tish review – gripping portrait of a passionate photographer of Austerity Britain". The Guardian.
8. "Invisible Britain: Sleaford Mods On Film". Clash. 24 November 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
9. "The Quietus | Film | Film Reviews | A Conversation We Should Be Having: Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle Reviewed". The Quietus.
10. Muir, Kate (23 June 2023). "Film review: Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle". The Times.
11. "A New Documentary Explores the Legacy of Poly Styrene, Punk Pioneer and Fashion Renegade". Vogue. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
12. Baughan, Nikki. "'Tish': Sheffield Review". Screen.
13. "Tish review: A rousing and intimate portrait of British photographer Tish Murtha". Hindustan Times. 20 June 2023.
14. Fox, Killian (25 November 2018). "Invisible Britain edited by Paul Sng review – the voices of austerity". The Guardian.
15. "Telling images". Morning Star. 6 November 2018.
16. "Documenting the everyday faces of austerity Britain". Huck. 2 March 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
17. "Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché". BIFA · British Independent Film Awards. 2 November 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
18. "Cinema of Sleep wins Borsos award for best Canadian feature at Whistler Film Festival". The Georgia Straight. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2023.

External links

• Paul Sng at IMDb