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Miao Wang (director, producer, editor) is a Beijing-born New York-based filmmaker. Proudly bicultural and bilingual, she has a sensitive and fine-tuned appreciation of cultural nuances. Her focus is on creative and cinematic films that tell poignant human stories, inspire cultural understanding, build connections, and encourage a more humanistic perspective of the world. She holds a BA in economics from the University of Chicago, and an MFA in design and film from Parsons School of Design. She apprenticed with two mentors while completing her MFA: renowned graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister and the legendary documentarian Albert Maysles. Design sharpened her eyes to visual detail and how colors, textures, and patterns affect us. Maysles taught her how to be alert and perceptive to people’s gestures and emotions, however subtle. Both became models when she founded Three Waters Films in 2005. Since then she has produced three documentary features Admissions Granted (MSNBC Films), Maineland (SXSW Jury Winner and New York Times Critic's Pick) and Beijing Taxi (New York Magazine Critic's Pick) , as well as dozens of short films including Made by China in America and Yellow Ox Mountain (PBS). Her films have screened at hundreds of international festivals and institutions such as the Guggenheim Museum, with US theatrical releases, nationwide broadcasts, and digital releases on multiple platforms globally. Miao’s films also have wide educational distribution.

In addition to independently producing critically acclaimed and award-winning non-fiction films, she directs, produces, and edits commissioned work (including over 40 artist profiles) for clients such as the Guggenheim Museum, the Criterion Collection, Vulcan Productions, Cinelan, and Vice Media, as well as branded programming for corporate and commercial clients such as Ogilvy, DuPont, Philips, Microsoft Design, and Time Inc.

Miao is a recipient of grants and fellowships from Impact Partners, Firelight Media, the Sundance Institute, the Jerome Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts, the Tribeca Film Institute, IFP (now Gotham), the Flaherty Film Seminar, and Women Make Movies. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.