Zero Chou
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Zero Chou is an award-winning Taiwanese director.
, Taiwan
in 1969. She earned a B.A. in Philosophy from National Chengchi University
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 document director in the recent years of Taiwan. She has also received various festival awards around the world for films.
Chou and Hoho Liu (Chinese: 劉芸后) are an open
ly lesbian
couple.
Poles Extremity
Splendid Float
Spider Lilies
Life
Chou was born in KeelungKeelung
Keelung City is a major port city situated in the northeastern part of Taiwan. It borders New Taipei and forms the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, along with the Taipei and New Taipei. Nicknamed the Rainy Port for its frequent rain and maritime role, the city is Taiwan's second largest seaport...
, Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
in 1969. She earned a B.A. in Philosophy from National Chengchi University
National Chengchi University
National Chengchi University is a prestigious public university at Muzha in Wenshan District, Taipei City, Taiwan. It is well-known for its concentration on the social sciences, law, commerce, communication, liberal arts and for its MBA programs....
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 document director in the recent years of Taiwan. She has also received various festival awards around the world for films.
Chou and Hoho Liu (Chinese: 劉芸后) are an open
Coming out
Coming out is a figure of speech for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people's disclosure of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity....
ly lesbian
Lesbian
Lesbian is a term most widely used in the English language to describe sexual and romantic desire between females. The word may be used as a noun, to refer to women who identify themselves or who are characterized by others as having the primary attribute of female homosexuality, or as an...
couple.
Documentary
- 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 Shi Zhong (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
Film
- 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 LiliesSpider Lilies (film)Spider Lilies is a 2007 Taiwanese lesbian drama film. It is the second feature-length film by director Zero Chou, and stars Rainie Yang and Isabella Leong in the lead roles. Spider Lilies was screened at the 2007 Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Teddy Award for best feature film...
(Chinese: 刺青) 2007, 97 mins (Teddy AwardTeddy AwardThe 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 . Here, an "independent jury" implies that its members are not officially selected by the committee of the Berlinale...
, 2007) - Drifting Flowers (Chinese: 漂浪青春) 2008, 97 mins
Television
- The Rise and Fall of Qing Dynasty (滿清十三皇朝) 1987
- Gloomy Salad Days (死神少女) 2010
Award-Winning Films
Corners- Winner of the 2002 Taipei Film Festival for Best Documentary
Poles Extremity
- Winner of the 2003 Marseille Festival of Documentary FilmMarseille Festival of Documentary FilmMarseille International Festival of Documentary Film is a documentary film festival held yearly since 1989 in Marseille, France. The festival awards grand prizes in international and national categories...
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 AwardTeddy AwardThe 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 . Here, an "independent jury" implies that its members are not officially selected by the committee of the Berlinale...
for Best Gay/Lesbian Feature Film at the Berlin Film Festival