Chloé Zhao
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Chloé Zhao is a Chinese filmmaker. She is known primarily for her work on independent films. For her film Nomadland (2020), Zhao became the second woman to win the Academy Award for Best Director.
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Chloé Zhao is a Chinese film director, screenwriter, producer, and editor who resides in Los Angeles. Born in Beijing in 1982, she began her professional work in 2008. Her notable films include *Songs My Brothers Taught Me*, *The Rider*, *Nomadland*, and *Hamnet*. She has been recognized with the Golden Lion, the Academy Award for Best Director, the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, and the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director.
Zhao is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Writers Guild of America West. She has participated in the 2015 and 2017 Cannes Film Festivals. Educated at Mount Holyoke College, New York University Tisch School of the Arts, and Los Angeles High School, she speaks Chinese, Mandarin, and English.
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- The rider
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- China
- Place of birth
- Beijing
- Languages spoken
- American English
- Native language
- Chinese
- Notable work
- Hamnet (film)
- Participant in
- 2017 Cannes Film Festival
- Image
- Chloé Zhao at the 2026 Berlin International Film Festival-68507.jpg
- Residence
- Los Angeles
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- date of birth
- 1982-00-00
- Commons category
- Chloé Zhao
- start of work period
- 2008-00-00
- stepparent
- Song Dandan
- name in native language
- 赵婷
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Chloé Zhao
- member of
- Writers Guild of America West
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
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Chloé Zhao (born Zhao Ting; 31 March 1982) is a Chinese filmmaker. She is known primarily for her work on independent films. For her film Nomadland (2020), Zhao became the second woman to win the Academy Award for Best Director.
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