Zero Chou facts for kids

Zero Chou (Chinese: 周美玲; pinyin: Zhōu Měilíng) is a talented director and writer from Taiwan. She was born on July 24, 1969. She is known for making many different kinds of films, including documentaries and feature movies.

About Zero Chou

Zero Chou was born in Keelung, Taiwan. She studied philosophy at National Chengchi University. Before she started making movies, she worked as a journalist.

She loves telling stories through films. Many people think she is a very skilled documentary director in Taiwan. She has won many awards for her movies at film festivals around the world.

Zero Chou is currently working on a big film series. It is called the Six Asian Cities Rainbow Project. This project aims to tell stories in six different cities across Asia.

Zero Chou's Films

Zero Chou has directed many films. These include both documentaries and feature films. Documentaries tell real-life stories. Feature films are fictional stories.

Documentaries

• Looking For The Forgotten Artists (1997)
• Artist And His Daughter (1997)
• Memories Of The Taiwanese Master (1997)
• Yi Shi Zai Hai Xia Zhong ("Lost in the Strait") (1998)
• Being Ceased (1998)
• Mother And Son (1998)
• Democracy Show (1998)
• Wanderers' Bay (1998)
• Floating Islands (2000)
• Before The Radiation (2000)
• Headhunting Festival (2000)
• Zou Zu Zhan Ji (2000)
• Corners (2001)
• Poles Extremity (2002)
• The Kinmenese Tracks (2003)
• Father In The Blacklist (2004)

Feature Films

• A Film About The Body (1996)
• Splendid Float (2004)
• The Road On The Air (2006)
• Spider Lilies (2007)
• Drifting Flowers (2008)
• Wave Breaker (2009)
• Ripples of Desire (2012)
• The Substitute (2017)
• We are Gamily (2017)
• Wrath of Desire (2020)
• Untold Herstory (2022)

Television Shows

• The Rise and Fall of Qing Dynasty (1987)
• Gloomy Salad Days (2010)
• Because of You (2020)

Awards and Recognition

Zero Chou's films have won many awards. These awards show how talented she is as a director.

Awards for Corners

• Winner of the 2002 Taipei Film Festival for Best Documentary.

Awards for Poles Extremity

• Winner of the 2003 Marseille Festival of Documentary Film for Best Documentary.

Awards for 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.

Awards for Spider Lilies

• Winner of the 2007 Teddy Award for Best Feature Film at the Berlin Film Festival.