Growing up between Suzhou, China and various parts of the US, Annie Ning is a filmmaker whose work explores the clashing of cultural and personal perspectives in places of convergence between the strange, funny, and deeply absurd.

Annie holds a B.A. in Film and English from Wesleyan University and an M.F.A. in Directing and Screenwriting from Columbia University. She is currently based in NY.

Her short film Invasive Species premiered at Palm Springs before screening at Slamdance, Raindance and beyond, receiving Best Narrative Short at the San Diego Asian Film Festival in 2023. It is a Vimeo Staff Pick Premiere as well as on Short of the Week.

She has produced and edited work for clients such as Vogue China, Tory Burch, EDAS, & Eny Lee Parker. She was a 2020 Fellow at the Creative Visions Foundation Women Excel Project, & the BAVC Serial Storyteller Program in development of a hybrid docuseries on end-of-life care in China.

This year, she was named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film.

contact me - a.anniening@gmail.com