Zhang Jialing

Zhang Jialing 张嘉玲 also credited as Lynn Zhang born 1984 is an Emmy Awardnominated independent filmmaker based in Beijing and Massachusetts Zhang holds a Masters degree from New York University in documentary filmmaking Her awardwinning feature documentary debut Complicit 2017 follows the journey of a benzenepoisoned Chinese migrant worker who takes on the global electronics manufacturing industry The film premiered at the London Human Rights Watch Film Festival in 2017 Her second feature film One Child Nation 2019 which she codirected with fellow NYU alumna Wang Nanfu won the US Grand Jury Prize for Documentary Feature at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival Zhang has also freelanced as a local producer for various programs and media including Vice on HBO Fusion TV and The New York Times Jialing Zhangs first documentary directed on her own was the GermanDutch coproduction Total Trust 2023 about the allencompassing surveillance apparatus in China and the individual people who defend themselves against it After several international festival screenings Total Trust opened in German cinemas in October 2023