Discover Top Non-Fiction Film Directors in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Charlie is an American cinematographer, director and the founder of Charles Allen Productions. He was born in the USA, grew up in Cameroon, and has lived in Guangzhou since 2011. He graduated from Louisiana State University with a degree in Mass Communication and Film and Media Arts. He has produced video content in the USA, in Europe, in Africa, and in Asia. Charlie is fluent in Mandarin, and one of his key strengths as a creative is working with our western clients to see their needs met in China. Mike is a gifted director, cinematographer and producer. He was born and raised in Guangzhou, but his mad skills in video content creation have led him to shoot all over the world. He has worked in China, Australia, Brazil, Cambodia, Russia, and even in Antarctica. He graduated from the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in 2007, and has been working in film and television production ever since. He is fluent in Cantonese, Mandarin and English.

• Commercial DP
• Fixer
• Production Company
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Creative Director
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Translator
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Executive Producer
• Sound Mixer
• Sound Designer
• Colorist
• Video Editor - News

Will Wu is a Guangzhou-based filmmaker specializing in documentary films since 2016, with a particular focus on portrait documentaries. His academic background in anthropology allows him to weave personal stories into broader socio-cultural contexts, while his expertise in cinematography ensures his work meets industry standards.

• Documentary DP
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Fixer
• Commercial DP
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Production Assistant
• Art Director
• Sound Mixer
• Creative Director
• Sound Designer
• Senior Editor

Ryan was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He started working professionally in the film industry in 2002 before attended Sheridan to study Marketing & Advertising. From there he landed account services agency side from 2008-2014 before making the jump back into film production both commercial and documentary. Ryan then went on to specialize in cinematography, shooting mainly in China as well as various projects shot in Europe, North America and across Asia. His primary hobbies are taking still photographs and travel. On the rare days that he is not writing, shooting, or studying the arts of cinema, he enjoys travelling to new places and meeting new people to capture and develop his growing series of images.

• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Drone Operator
• Production Company
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Fixer
• Field Producer
• Production Assistant
• Sound Mixer
• Gaffer
• Hair and Make-up Artist
• Colorist
• Translator
• Transcriber
• Portrait Photographer
• Fashion Photographer
• Product Photographer
• Full-Service Live Production
• Immersive/Spatial Video Capture
• Creative Director
• Non-Fiction Film Director

DONGNAN CHEN’s debut film, The Trail from Xinjiang, a profile of three pickpockets from China's far west Xinjiang, won Best Documentary Short at Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) and has been widely screened at festivals, universities and museums worldwide. Sound of Vision, a short film following a blind man’s exploration of New York, which she worked on as one of the producers, directors and editors, was nominated for an Emmy award and premiered at HotDocs. Dongnan was a jury for the final round of the short film competition at AAIFF New York. Her works have been seen on PBS, NBC, Vice, Tencent, Sinovision, NYC TV. She is a graduate from the documentary program at New York University.

• Documentary DP
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Corporate Videographer
• Production Company
• Fixer
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - News
• News Shooter / Video Journalist

Yang Shenlai is an award-winning photographer, filmmaker. He began his career with Oriental Morning Post, and has worked for ThePaper, Sixth Tone and Tencent News as photo journalist and photo editor, and has been aspiring to break conventions of storytelling.

• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Event Photographer
• Portrait Photographer
• Documentary DP