Zero Chou (; born 24 July 1969) is a Taiwanese director and screenwriter.
Life and career
Chou was born in
Keelung,
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
in 1969. She earned a B.A. in Philosophy from
National Chengchi University
National Chengchi University () is a public research university in Taipei. The university is also considered as the earliest public service training facility of the Republic of China. First established in Nanjing in 1927, the university was subs ...
in 1992. She worked as a journalist before becoming an indie film director.
She entered into film making because of her attraction to the combination of content and form. She has been heralded as the most talented documentary director in the recent years of Taiwan. She has also received various festival awards around the world for films.
Chou and
Hoho Liu () are an
open
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Music
* Open (band), Australian pop/rock band
* The Open (band), English indie rock band
* ''Open'' (Blues Image album), 1969
* ''Open'' (Gotthard album), 1999
* ''Open'' (Cowboy Junkies album), 2001
* ''Open'' ( ...
ly
lesbian couple.
Chou "is one of the few openly lesbian filmmakers in the world, and the only one in Taiwan," according to
AfterEllen
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. She is currently filming a six-film series called the Six Asian Cities Rainbow Project (亞洲六城彩虹計劃). She is trying to finish as quickly as possible and worries she will go missing while filming, since many of the locations have rules against films presenting LGBT content.
Works
Documentary
* Looking For The Forgotten Artists () 1997, 45 mins
* Artist And His Daughter () 1997, 23 mins
* Memories Of The Taiwanese Master () 1997, 47 mins
* Yi Shi Zai Hai Xia Zhong ("Lost in the Strait") () 1998, 48 mins
* Being Ceased () 1998, 60 mins
* Mother And Son () 1998, 65 mins
* Democracy Show () 1998, 53 mins
* Wanderers' Bay () 1998, 60 mins
* Floating Islands () 2000, 288 mins
* Before The Radiation () 2000, 22 mins
* Headhunting Festival () 2000, 54 mins
* Zou Zu Zhan Ji () 2000, 56 mins
* Corners () 2001, 66 mins
* Poles Extremity () 2002, 56 mins
* The Kinmenese Tracks () 2003, 64 mins
* Father In The Blacklist () 2004, 56 mins
Film
* ''A Film About The Body'' () 1996, 62 mins
* ''Splendid Float'' () 2004, 71 mins
* ''The Road On The Air'' () 2006, 82 mins
* ''
Spider Lilies'' () 2007, 97 mins (
Teddy Award
The Teddy Award is an international film award for films with LGBT topics, presented by an independent jury as an official award of the Berlin International Film Festival (the Berlinale). In the most part, the jury consists of organisers of gay ...
, 2007)
* ''
Drifting Flowers'' () 2008, 97 mins
* ''Wave Breaker'' 2009, 86 mins
* ''
Ripples of Desire
''Ripples of Desire'' (花漾, ''Hua Yang'') is a 2012 Taiwanese film directed by Zero Chou.
Plot
The story is set on a floating island populated by pirates and lepers off the shores of 17th century Taiwan. There are two beautiful courtesans, Whi ...
'' () 2012, 110 mins
* The Substitute () 2017
* We are Gamily () 2017
* Wrath of Desire () 2020
Television
*''
The Rise and Fall of Qing Dynasty
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'' (滿清十三皇朝) 1987
*''
Gloomy Salad Days
''Gloomy Salad Days'' (死神少女; pinyin: ''Sǐ Shén Shào Nǚ'') is a 2010 Taiwanese television series starring Aaron Yan and Serena Fang. The first episode aired on Saturday, October 9, 2010 at 9 p.m. on PTS Channel; two episodes were broad ...
'' (死神少女) 2010
* ' (因為愛你) 2020
Awards
Corners
* Winner of the 2002 Taipei Film Festival for Best Documentary
Poles Extremity
* Winner of the 2003
Marseille Festival of Documentary Film
Marseille International Film Festival (in French the Festival international de cinéma de Marseille or FIDMarseille) is a documentary film festival held yearly since 1989 in Marseille, France. The festival awards grand prizes in international and ...
for Best Documentary
Splendid Float
* Winner of the 2004
Golden Horse Award for Best Make Up and Costume Design
* Winner of the 2004
Golden Horse Award for Best Original Film Song
* Winner of the 2004
Golden Horse Award for Best Taiwanese Film Of The Year
* Winner of the 1st CJ Asia Independent Film Festival for Audience Award
Spider Lilies
* Winner of the 2007
Teddy Award
The Teddy Award is an international film award for films with LGBT topics, presented by an independent jury as an official award of the Berlin International Film Festival (the Berlinale). In the most part, the jury consists of organisers of gay ...
for Best Gay/Lesbian Feature Film at the
Berlin Film Festival
See also
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List of female film and television directors
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A
* Jennifer Abbott (Canada)
* Sarah Abbott (Canada
* Jenn ...
*
List of LGBT films directed by women
This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender-related films that were directed by women. LGBT-themed films directed by women – especially, but not exclusively, lesbian-themed movies – are an important and distinct subset of the ...
*
List of lesbian filmmakers
This is a list of lesbian filmmakers. The names listed include directors, producers, and screenwriters of feature films, television movies, documentaries and short films; and have received coverage or been recognized in reliable, authoritative ...
References
Further reading
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1969 births
Living people
Lesbian artists
LGBT film directors
Women documentary filmmakers
Taiwanese lesbian writers
Taiwanese LGBT screenwriters
Taiwanese documentary film directors
Taiwanese women film directors
People from Keelung
LGBT television directors
Women television directors