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Chloé Zhao is a Chinese-born filmmaker. She is known primarily for her work on independent films.

Her debut feature film, Songs My Brothers Taught Me , premiered at Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim and earned a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature. Her second feature film, The Rider , was critically acclaimed and received nominations for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Film and Best Director.

Zhao garnered international recognition with the western film Nomadland , 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 second woman and 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's latest film is the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Eternals , which she co-wrote and directed. Wikipedia  

✵ 31. March 1982
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Famous Chloé Zhao Quotes

“I love movies that don’t necessarily tell me how I should feel or how I should think but give me this canvas that I can go away and have a conversation with myself and people around me.”

Chloé Zhao

“There's one that I remember so dearly, it's called the Three Character Classics. The first phrase goes... 'People at birth are inherently good.'”

Chloé Zhao

Those six letters had such a great impact on me when I was a kid, and I still truly believe them today.
2021 Academy Award acceptance speech

“I have gone through ups and downs in my relatively short career. And one thing I’ve learned is a bit of a cliché, but everything does happen for a reason.”

Chloé Zhao

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