Haolu Wang

Haolu Wang (王昊鹭) is a Chinese writer-director based in London. Haolu directed the final four episodes of BODIES, an epic genre series for Moonage and Netflix, starring Stephen Graham and Shira Haas. Adapted from the graphic novel by Si Spencer, BODIES reached number 1 on Netflix in 73 countries during the first week of release. She has been nominated for the Emerging Talent: Fiction, BAFTA TV Award, for her work on BODIES.

She previously directed the Easter special for 2022 DOCTOR WHO starring Jodie Whittaker.

Haolu is an MA Directing Fiction graduate of UK’s National Film and Television School (NFTS). While at NFTS she wrote and directed the powerful magical realistic short, THE PREGNANT GROUND.

She is a BAFTA China Scholarship recipient, mentored by Alex Garland, an alumna of Berlinale Talents 2020, and named an emerging filmmaker by BAFTA Crew x BFI Network 2021.

She is developing feature film projects including MONSTER IN THE LAKE with Meduza, amongst others. As a filmmaker, she explores our journeys from within. She creates immersive, subjective narratives, often blurring the line between reality and imagination. Her storytelling sensibility leans towards psychological suspense, sci-fi, and fantasy. Her trademark as a filmmaker is, perhaps, emotional fantasy.