Age: 44
female
Chloé Zhao (born Zhao Ting, in Chinese: 赵婷; 31 March 1982) is a Chinese-born filmmaker. She is known primarily for her work on independent films. For her film Nomadland (2020), Zhao is the second of three women to win the Academy Award for Best Director. Songs My Brothers Taught Me (2015), her debut feature film, premiered at Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim and earned a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature. The Rider (2017) was critically acclaimed and received nominations for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Film and Best Director. Zhao garnered international recognition with the American film Nomadland (2020), which she wrote, produced, edited and directed, and which won numerous accolades, including the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and the People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival. Earning four Academy Award nominations for the film, Zhao won Best Picture and Best Director, becoming the first woman of color to win the latter. She also won awards for directing at the Directors Guild of America Awards, Golden Globe Awards, and British Academy Film Awards, becoming the second female winner of each of them. Zhao co-wrote and directed the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Eternals (2021). Her latest film, Hamnet, premiered at the 52nd Telluride Film Festival to critical acclaim. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chloé Zhao, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
In a post-apocalyptic Los Angeles overrun with creatures known as “Devils”; living personifications of human fears, a young man named Denji works tirelessly to get rid of his dept to one of the gangs that rule LA. He spends his days committing petty crimes and hunting down troublesome devils with the aid of his pet devil Pochita, who also happens to be a chainsaw. Unfortunately for him, his loan sharks have double-crossed him and struck a deal with a better devil. Hacked to pieces and thrown away with the trash, Denji's life seems over.... ...Until Pochita merges with his body to give him one more shot at life. Denji becomes a demonic creature with chainsaws growing from his arms and head, slaughters the devil that killed him, and is discovered by the professional Devil Hunters that have come to investigate. A mysterious woman named Makima offers him a choice: be slain as a devil, or become her pet and work for her hunting other devils.
