Paul Eng Kim Sng is a British documentary filmmaker and writer, based in

Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh ...

Life and work

Sng was born in North London to working-class British and Chinese-Singaporean parents. He has made films about opposition to the

United Kingdom government austerity programme The United Kingdom government austerity programme was a fiscal policy that was adopted for a period in the early 21st century following the era of the Great Recession. Coalition and Conservative governments in office from 2010 to 2019 used the ...

, the shortage of

social housing Public housing, also known as social housing, refers to Subsidized housing, subsidized or affordable housing provided in buildings that are usually owned and managed by local government, central government, nonprofit organizations or a ...

in Britain, and

homelessness Homelessness, also known as houselessness or being unhoused or unsheltered, is the condition of lacking stable, safe, and functional housing. It includes living on the streets, moving between temporary accommodation with family or friends, liv ...

. Sng has profiled public figures such as

Sleaford Mods Sleaford Mods are an English post-punk music duo, formed in 2007 in Nottingham. The band features vocalist Jason Williamson and, since 2012, instrumentalist Andrew Fearn. They are known for their abrasive, minimalist musical style and embittere ...

;

Poly Styrene Marianne Joan Elliott-Said (3 July 1957 – 25 April 2011), known by the stage name Poly Styrene, was an English musician, singer-songwriter, and frontwoman for the punk rock band X-Ray Spex. She was recognized as rock's original Riot grrrl, t ...

with music writer

Zoë Howe Zoë Janine Howe (née Street; born October 1979) is an English writer, radio personality and artist. She is best known for her rock music biographies. She is a Royal Literary Fund (RLF) Fellow and a contributor to the ''Oxford Dictionary of Nati ...

and Styrene's daughter Celeste Bell; and

Tish Murtha Patricia Anne Murtha (14 March 1956 – 13 March 2013) was a British social documentary photographer best known for documenting marginalised communities, social realism and working class life in Newcastle upon Tyne and the North East of Englan ...

with Murtha's daughter Ella.

Filmography

*'' Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain'' (2015) – written and co-directed by Sng *'' Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle'' (2017) – written, directed and produced by Sng *'' Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché'' (2021) – co-directed by Sng (with Celeste Bell) *''Year of the Dog'' (2022) – directed by Sng *''

Tish Tish is a feminine given name and a nickname. People Given name Arts and entertainment * Tish Bellomo, former backing vocalist of rock group Blondie * Tish Ciravolo, bass player and guitar maker * Tish Cohen (born 1963), Canadian writer * ...

'' (2023) – directed by Sng

Publications

*''Invisible Britain''. Bristol: Policy, 2018. Edited by Sng. . With a foreword by

Michael Sheen Michael Christopher Sheen (born 5 February 1969) is a Welsh actor. After training at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), he worked mainly in theatre throughout the 1990s with stage roles in ''Romeo and Juliet'' (1992), ''Don't Fool wi ...

Awards

*2020: Co-winner (with Celeste Bell),

British Independent Film Award for Best Documentary The British Independent Film Award for Best Documentary is an annual award given by the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) to recognize the best documentary. The award was first presented in the 2003 ceremony, with the film '' Bodysong'', dir ...

British Independent Film Awards 2021 The British Independent Film Awards 2021 were held on 5 December 2021 to recognise the best in British independent cinema and filmmaking talent from United Kingdom. The nominations were announced on 3 November 2021, by actors Samuel Adewunmi and ...

, for ''Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché'' *2021: Co-winner (with Celeste Bell),

Whistler Film Festival Documentary Award The Whistler Film Festival Documentary Award is an annual juried award, given by the Whistler Film Festival to the film selected as the year's best documentary film A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction F ...

Whistler Film Festival The Whistler Film Festival (WFF) is an annual film festival held in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. Established in 2001, the festival is held the first weekend of December and includes juried competitive sections, the Borsos Awards, and the Pand ...

, for ''Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché''

References

External links

* Living people Year of birth missing (living people) British Asian writers British documentary filmmakers English people of Chinese descent English people of Singaporean descent Film directors from London People from Hampstead Writers from the London Borough of Camden {{UK-film-director-stub