Zero Chou facts for kids

Zero Chou (Chinese: 周美玲; pinyin: Zhōu Měilíng) is a talented director and screenwriter from Taiwan. She was born on July 24, 1969. She has won many awards for her films, including the famous Teddy Award for her movie Spider Lilies in 2007.

Life and Career

Zero Chou grew up in Keelung, Taiwan. She went to National Chengchi University and studied Philosophy, finishing in 1992. Before she started making movies, she worked as a journalist, telling stories through writing.

She became interested in filmmaking because she loved how stories and visuals could be combined to create something powerful. Many people see her as one of Taiwan's most gifted documentary directors. Her films have won awards at festivals all over the world.

Zero Chou is known for telling stories that explore many different kinds of relationships and experiences. She is currently working on a big project called the Six Asian Cities Rainbow Project (亞洲六城彩虹計劃). This project involves making six films set in different Asian cities. She is working hard to finish these films quickly, as some places have rules that make it difficult to film stories about diverse communities.

Works

Zero Chou has created many different types of films, including documentaries, feature films, and television shows.

Documentary Films

• Looking For The Forgotten Artists (Chinese: 走找布袋戲的老藝師) 1997, 45 mins
• Artist And His Daughter (Chinese: 藝術家和他的女兒) 1997, 23 mins
• Memories Of The Taiwanese Master (Chinese: 師影) 1997, 47 mins
• Yi Shi Zai Hai Xia Zhong ("Lost in the Strait") (Chinese: 遺失在海峽中：烏坵) 1998, 48 mins
• Being Ceased (Chinese: 斷曲：走尋布袋戲後場的老樂師) 1998, 60 mins
• Mother And Son (Chinese: 媽媽遺失與撿到的孩子) 1998, 65 mins
• Democracy Show (Chinese: 民主的頭人：政治秀) 1998, 53 mins
• Wanderers' Bay (Chinese: 飄泊的港灣：百年基隆港)) 1998, 60 mins
• Floating Islands (Chinese: 流離島影) 2000, 288 mins
• Before The Radiation (Chinese: 輻射將至) 2000, 22 mins
• Headhunting Festival (Chinese: 人頭祭的故事) 2000, 54 mins
• Zou Zu Zhan Ji (Chinese: 鄒族戰祭) 2000, 56 mins
• Corners (Chinese: 私角落) 2001, 66 mins
• Poles Extremity (Chinese: 極端寶島) 2002, 56 mins
• The Kinmenese Tracks (Chinese: 火車在海邊游) 2003, 64 mins
• Father In The Blacklist (Chinese: 黑名單爸爸) 2004, 56 mins

Feature Films

• A Film About The Body (Chinese: 身體影片) 1996, 62 mins
• Splendid Float (Chinese: 艷光四射歌舞團) 2004, 71 mins
• The Road On The Air (Chinese: 單車上路) 2006, 82 mins
• Spider Lilies (Chinese: 刺青) 2007, 97 mins (Teddy Award, 2007)
• Drifting Flowers (Chinese: 漂浪青春) 2008, 97 mins
• Wave Breaker 2009, 86 mins
• Ripples of Desire (Chinese: 花漾) 2012, 110 mins
• The Substitute (Chinese: 替身) 2017
• We are Gamily (Chinese: 偽婚男女) 2017
• Wrath of Desire (Chinese: 愛・殺) 2020
• Untold Herstory (Chinese: 流麻溝十五號) 2022

Television Shows

• The Rise and Fall of Qing Dynasty (滿清十三皇朝) 1987
• Gloomy Salad Days (死神少女) 2010
• Because of You (因為愛你) 2020

Awards and Recognition

Zero Chou's films have received many awards at different festivals:

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

• Poles Extremity
  • Winner of the 2003 Marseille Festival of Documentary Film 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 for Best Gay/Lesbian Feature Film at the Berlin Film Festival

See also

• List of female film and television directors