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 STAR WARS: THE EYE OF DARKNESS (2029)
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The story follows Jedi Knight Sula Venn, a powerful but independent Jedi who often questions the strict rules of the Order. She is assigned to investigate mysterious disappearances on the planet Vandor, a desolate world on the farthest reaches of the galaxy. Alongside her is Seth Halden, a charismatic but morally gray former Republic scout who has knowledge of the Outer Rim’s darker secrets. As Sula and Seth uncover the truth behind the disappearances, they stumble upon an ancient Sith temple, hidden for centuries. Inside, they find evidence of Sith rituals linked to Darth Plagueis, a rising Sith Lord who has been quietly building power and influence in the shadows of the High Republic. Meanwhile, a secret cabal of Force-sensitive criminals known as The Nihil Resurrection seeks to exploit the growing imbalance in the Force, destabilizing the Republic for their gain. As Sula delves deeper into the mystery, she begins to have visions of a figure connected to the past—The Acolyte, whose shadow still looms over the galaxy. With the Jedi Order slow to respond, Sula must decide whether to follow her own path to stop this looming threat, or obey the Council’s cautious approach. As the lines between light and dark blur, Sula must confront the possibility that the Republic’s golden age may be built on a fragile foundation, one that could be shattered by the return of the Sith.
