Chloé Zhao

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Chloé Zhao at the 2015 American Film Festival

Chloé Zhao ( Chinese 赵婷, Pinyin Zhao Ting ; * 31 March 1982 in Beijing ) is a mainly in the United States operating Chinese film director , screenwriter , film editor and film producer . At the Academy Awards 2021 she was honored for directing her film Nomadland , the winning film of the award ceremony.

Life

Chloé Zhao was born in Beijing. Her mother was a nurse and her father was a top manager at the Shougang Group , one of the largest steel companies in China. When her parents divorced, she went to secondary school. The father later remarried, so sitcom actress Song Dandan (宋丹丹) is her stepmother . She then went to boarding school in England, studied political science in Massachusetts and film production at the New York Tisch School of the Arts . Her directorial debut, Songs My Brothers Taught Me , was shown at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and subsequently at the Cannes Film Festival . She presented her critically acclaimed second film, the modern western The Rider , in Cannes in May 2017 in the side series Quinzaine des Réalisateurs.

Her third feature film Nomadland , an adaptation of the 2017 book Nomads of Work: Survival in the USA in the 21st Century by the American journalist Jessica Bruder , with Frances McDormand in the lead role, won the Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival the main prize of the festival. In addition, the film premiered in a simultaneous screening at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2020 , where it won the People's Choice Award . That evening the film was presented at the Telluride Film Festival and later screened at the New York Film Festival . Zhao came out first in the IndieWire Critics Poll 2020 for her directorial work. The film and Zhao also won the Golden Globe Award as a director . This makes Zhao the second woman (and the first woman of East Asian descent) in the long history of the Golden Globes to receive this prestigious award. At the Academy Awards in 2021 , Nomadland received three Academy Awards and three nominations, with Zhao himself winning in the categories of Best Director and Best Picture . Here, too, she was only the second woman to receive the directing award. She was also nominated for Oscars in the categories of Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Editing .

She worked several times with the cameraman Joshua James Richards , with whom she also entered into a private relationship.

Her film The Eternals , which is part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is announced for 2021 .

Chloé Zhao lives in Ojai , California .

Boycott in China

In her home country China , Chloé Zhao is now largely boycotted. After winning the Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Nomadland , Zhao was not featured in the state-controlled media in China. All entries relating to the film in the online service Weibo have also been deleted. Your films are not shown in Chinese cinemas and are not available on streaming platforms. The background to this is a several years old interview in which Chloé Zhao expressed himself critical of the socio-political climate in her home country.

Filmography (selection)

  • 2008: Post (short film, direction and screenplay)
  • 2009: The Atlas Mountains (short film, director and screenplay)
  • 2015: Songs My Brothers Taught Me (Director and Screenplay)
  • 2017: The Rider (Director and Screenplay)
  • 2020: Nomadland (Director, Screenplay and Production)

Awards (selection)

Boston Society of Film Critics Award

British Academy Film Award

Critics' Choice Movie Award

American Film Festival

  • 2015: Nomination for the Grand Special Prize (Songs My Brothers Taught Me)
  • 2017: Awarded the Grand Special Prize ( The Rider )

Hamburg Film Festival

  • 2017: Received the Art Cinema Award (The Rider)
  • 2017: Nomination for the Sichtwechsel film award (The Rider)

Golden Globe Award

Independent Spirit Award

Cannes International Film Festival

  • 2015 : Nomination for the Caméra d'Or (Songs My Brothers Taught Me)
  • 2017 : Received the CICAE Award (The Rider)

Venice International Film Festival

London Critics' Circle Film Award

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award

New York Film Critics Circle Award

Oscar

  • 2021 : Award for Best Film (Nomadland)
  • 2021: Nomination for the best adapted screenplay (Nomadland)
  • 2021: Award for Best Director (Nomadland)
  • 2021: Nomination for the best cut (Nomadland)

Palm Springs International Film Festival

  • 2021: Award as Director of the Year (Nomadland)

Toronto International Film Festival

  • 2020 : Awarded the Grolsch People's Choice Award (Nomadland)

Web links

Commons : Chloé Zhao  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Franziska Setare Koohestani: Chloé Zhao in portrait: “A kind of jack-of-all-trades ”. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung, March 1, 2021.
  2. ↑ Western "The Rider" in the cinema: Touching, truly. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung, June 20, 2018.
  3. ↑ Nicole Sperling: Director Chloé Zhao Mines the Broken Life of a Modern Cowboy in 'The Rider'. In: Vanity Fair, April 20, 2018.
  4. ↑ Erik Anderson: Searchlight Pictures sets Chloé Zhao's 'Nomadland' for dual Venice, Toronto World Premiere; NYFF Centerpiece and Fall Release. In: awardswatch.com, July 27, 2020.
  5. ↑ Chloé Zhao's 'Nomadland' is the Centerpiece Selection of the 58th New York Film Festival. In: filmlinc.org, July 27, 2020.
  6. ↑ Eric Kohn and Christian Blauvelt: 2020 Critics Poll: The Best Films and Performances According to Over 200 Critics From Around the World. In: indiewire.com, December 14, 2020.
  7. ↑ Winners & Nominees 2021 . In: goldenglobes.com (accessed March 1, 2021).
  8. ↑ Josh Rottenberg: How a cowboy from South Dakota and a filmmaker from Beijing came together on the critically acclaimed indie 'The Rider' . In: latimes.com, April 17, 2018.
  9. ↑ Jake Coyle: With quiet humanity, Chloe Zhao's 'Nomadland' makes noise. In: apnews.com, September 17, 2020.
  10. ↑ Steffen Wurzel: Silence and censorship in China . In: tagesschau.de (accessed April 28, 2021).
  11. ↑ [ https://www.epochtimes.de/china/peking-zensiert-eintraege-ueber-chinesische-oscar-gewinnerin-chloe-zhao-a3500744.html Beijing censors entries about Chinese Oscar winner Chloé Zhao ]. In: epochtimes.de (accessed on April 29, 2021).
  12. ↑ Web archive: 25 new faces of independent film . In: filmmakermagazine.com (accessed April 28, 2021).
  13. ↑ Current Winners - 2020 Awards. In: bostonfilmcritics.org. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
  14. ↑ Manori Ravindran: BAFTA Unveils Film Nominations in Historic Year After Diversity Review: 'Nomadland', 'Rocks' Lead Nominees. In: Variety, March 9, 2021.
  15. ↑ Prices and conclusion. In: filmfesthamburg.de, October 14, 2017.
  16. ↑ Zack Sharf: Spirit Awards 2021 Winners List: 'Nomadland', 'I May Destroy You', Riz Ahmed, Carey Mulligan Win Big. In: indiewire.com, April 23, 2021.
  17. ^ Andreas Wiseman: Female Filmmakers Lead Nominees For London Critics' Circle Film Awards. In: deadline.com, January 12, 2021.
  18. ^ Andreas Wiseman: 'Nomadland' Scoops Film Of The Year At London Critics' Circle Awards; 'Saint Maud', Chadwick Boseman Also Among Winners. In: deadline.com, February 7, 2021.
  19. ↑ Ryan Lattanzio: LA Film Critics Announce 2020 Award Winners: Glynn Turman, Youn Yuh-jung, and More. In: indiewire.com, December 20, 2020.
  20. ^ Clayton Davis: New York Film Critics Circle Announces Winners. In: Variety, December 18, 2020.
  21. ^ Joey Nolfi: Chloé Zhao makes history with major pre-Oscars award for Nomadland. Palm Springs International Film Festival named Zhao the first woman to win its Director of the Year prize. In: Entertainment Weekly, January 25, 2021.
personal data
SURNAME Zhao, Chloé
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zhao, Ting (maiden name, pinyin); Ziu6, Ting4 (Jyutping); 赵 婷 (maiden name, Chinese, abbreviation); 趙 婷 (Maiden name, Chinese, traditional character)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese film director, screenwriter, film editor and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Beijing , China