Ningyi Sun, a filmmaker, writer, and actor, has received grants from Sundance, Hot Docs Blue Ice, Ford Foundation, IDFA Bertha Fund, and Chicken & Egg Pictures. Her debut documentary feature, 'Eat Bitter,' premiered at CPH:DOX in 2023, has been screened in 50+ film festivals worldwide, winning The Best Documentary Feature at the Visioni dal Mondo International Documentary Festival and The Best Cinematography at SIMA Awards 2024. It also received a “Special Mention” at the Encounters South African International Documentary Festival. Ningyi won the award of Emerging Documentary Director at 47th Asian American International Film Festival. The film has been distributed to BBC and American Airlines.

Currently, Ningyi is writing and directing her first narrative feature. The screenplay is a semi-finalist in the Athena Film Festival Writers Lab and is advancing for the second round of consideration for the 2025 Sundance Development Track.

Prior to filmmaking, Ningyi worked with the United Nations peace operation in the Central African Republic.