J.P. Sniadecki is a filmmaker who works between China and the US in collaboration with people and places to make films such as A Shape of Things to Come (2020), El Mar La Mar (2017), The Iron Ministry (2014), Yumen (2013), and Peoples Park (2012). He is also a Professor in the Radio, TV, and Film Department of Northwestern University and a core faculty in the MFA of Documentary Media. As a founding member of Little Egypt Collective, he works to create generative opportunities and connections for emerging artists.