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.
Chloé Zhao
Director
for Director in Dawnrider: A Star Wars Story
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Tatooine dune rider Pilip Erso has lived most of his life under the galactic terrorism of the First Order. It's been years since the destruction of the First Order, and the first time Pil has ever seen peace in the galaxy. But after a chance encounter with a mysterious girl with a secretive past, he becomes aware that there's now a massive power vacuum left behind, and it's only a matter of time until somebody replaces the First Order. Teaming up with the girl, who goes by Tryva, they venture across the galaxy to nip evil in the bud. But as the unlikely duo seem to succeed, Pilip begins to show some dark tendencies of his own... an original story set in a galaxy far, far away.
