Violet Du Feng is an Emmy-winning filmmaker and an adjunct professor at Columbia University. She has directed, produced, and executive produced 14 documentaries, including the Oscar-shortlisted, Peabody- and Emmy-nominated Hidden Letters which broadcast in 15 countries, and Harbor From the Holocaust, a CPB/PBS special film with music performed by Yo-Yo Ma. She is the director and producer, most recently, of the documentary The Dating Game.
Feng’s producing credits include Night of Nights, Dear Mother, I Meant to Write About Death, Singing in the Wilderness, Confucian Dream, Maineland, and Please Remember Me. She is a recipient of the 2024 Chicken and Egg Award, 2023 Sundance Momentum Fellowship, 2021 Rockwood JustFilms Fellowship, and 2018 Sundance Creative Producing Fellowship. Feng has served as an advisor for Sundance’s Creative Producing Lab, AIDC, CAAM, Hot Docs, Doc Edge, CNEX, and the Shanghai Film Festival. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the Documentary branch.
