Zero Chou (; born 24 July 1969) is a Taiwanese director and screenwriter.

Life and career

Chou was born in Keelung,

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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

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ly lesbian couple. Chou "is one of the few openly lesbian filmmakers in the world, and the only one in Taiwan," according to

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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 (

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, 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

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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

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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

for Best Gay/Lesbian Feature Film at the Berlin Film Festival

Life and career

Works

Documentary

Film

Television

Awards

See also

References

Further reading