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Deborah Chow
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| Education | McGill University (BA) Columbia University (MFA) |
| Occupation | Filmmaker, television director, screenwriter |
| Known for | The High Cost of Living The Mandalorian Obi-Wan Kenobi |
Deborah Chow is a talented Canadian filmmaker. She is known for directing movies and TV shows, and for writing screenplays. Many people know her for her amazing work on Star Wars TV series.
Deborah Chow's early short films, Daypass (2002) and The Hill (2004), won awards at film festivals around the world. Her first full-length movie was The High Cost of Living (2010). She both wrote and directed this film.
She has directed many TV projects. These include the TV movie Flowers in the Attic (2014). She also directed episodes for popular shows like Copper, Murdoch Mysteries, Reign, Beauty and the Beast, and Mr. Robot.
Deborah Chow directed episodes for the first season of the Star Wars series The Mandalorian (2019). She also directed all six episodes of the Obi-Wan Kenobi series (2022) for Disney+.
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About Deborah Chow's Early Life
Deborah Chow grew up in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her parents moved there from Australia. Her father, who was half-Chinese, loved movies very much. He showed her many classic films and taught her about filmmaking.
She went to Gordon Graydon Memorial Secondary School in Mississauga, Ontario. Later, she studied at McGill University in Montreal. There, she earned a degree in cultural theory and art history. This is where she made her first short film.
After McGill, she went to Columbia University's School of the Arts. She earned her Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in directing. During this time, she made two more short films. One of them was Daypass, which won many awards. It was shown at over 35 film festivals worldwide.
Deborah Chow's Career in Film and TV
Deborah Chow started her career by writing and directing short films while she was still in university. Her first big movie, The High Cost of Living, came out in 2010. As a film director, she has worked with famous actors like James Urbaniak and Zach Braff.
She has directed many well-known TV shows. These include the BBC show Copper and CW shows like Reign and Beauty and the Beast. She also directed for CBC's Murdoch Mysteries and USA Network's Mr. Robot. She directed the TV movie Flowers in the Attic for Lifetime. This movie starred Heather Graham and Kiernan Shipka.
Deborah Chow directed two episodes of the Disney+ series, Star Wars: The Mandalorian. She even had a small acting part in it as a New Republic X-wing pilot.
Because of her great work on The Mandalorian, she was chosen to direct the entire Disney+ series about Obi-Wan Kenobi. Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy said that Deborah Chow was the perfect choice. She believed Chow could show Obi-Wan's quiet strength and mystery in a way that fit the Star Wars story perfectly.
In 2022, Deborah Chow also directed the music video for "Black Summer." This was the first song from the Red Hot Chili Peppers' album, Unlimited Love.
Deborah Chow's Work
Deborah Chow has directed many films and television episodes.
Films She Directed
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2002 | Daypass | Director, Writer | Short film |
| 2004 | The Hill | Director, Writer | Short film; also editor and costume designer |
| 2010 | The High Cost of Living | Director, Writer | Her first full-length movie |
| 2014 | Flowers in the Attic | Director | TV movie |
TV Shows She Directed
Deborah Chow has directed episodes for many popular TV series. Here are some of them:
- 2013: Copper
- 2014–2017: Reign
- 2014: Murdoch Mysteries
- 2015: Beauty & the Beast
- 2015: Mr. Robot
- 2016: Turn: Washington's Spies
- 2016: The Vampire Diaries
- 2016–2017: Fear the Walking Dead
- 2016: Tyrant
- 2017: Iron Fist
- 2017: Shut Eye
- 2018: Jessica Jones
- 2018: Lost in Space
- 2018: Snowfall
- 2018: Better Call Saul
- 2018: The Man in the High Castle
- 2019: American Gods
- 2019: The Mandalorian (2 episodes)
- 2022: Obi-Wan Kenobi (all 6 episodes)
Music Videos She Directed
| Year | Artist(s) | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | "Black Summer" | Music video for their song from Unlimited Love |
Acting Roles
Deborah Chow has also had a few acting roles, often as a cameo (a small, quick appearance).
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2019, 2023 | The Mandalorian | Sash Ketter | Cameo appearance as an X-wing pilot |
Awards and Recognition
Deborah Chow has received several awards for her work:
- Her short film, Daypass, won the Best Actor Award at the Milano Film Festival. It also won Best Short at the Turin Film Festival.
- A longer screenplay version of Daypass won the Comedy Central Award for Best Comedy Screenplay.
- In 2005, she won the Kodak New Vision Mentorship award for her short film The Hill. This award helped fund her first full-length movie.
- She was part of special programs like the Berlinale Talent Campus and the Toronto International Film Festival Talent Lab.
- Her first feature film, The High Cost of Living, won several awards:
- Best First Feature and Top Ten at the Toronto International Film Festival
- Best Canadian Feature at the Female Eye Film Fest
- Prix Super-Écran at the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois
- In 2022, she received the Andrew Sarris Award at the Columbia University Film Festival.
See also
In Spanish: Deborah Chow para niños
