Chloé Zhao

5 films directed

Biography

Chloé Zhao (born Zhao Ting, in Chinese: 赵婷; 31 March 1982) is a Chinese-born filmmaker. She is known primarily for her work on independent films. For her film Nomadland (2020), Zhao is the second of three women to win the Academy Award for Best Director.

Songs My Brothers Taught Me (2015), her debut feature film, premiered at Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim and earned a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature. The Rider (2017) was critically acclaimed and received nominations for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Film and Best Director.

Zhao garnered international recognition with the American film Nomadland (2020), which she wrote, produced, edited and directed, and which won numerous accolades, including the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and the People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival. Earning four Academy Award nominations for the film, Zhao won Best Picture and Best Director, becoming the first woman of color to win the latter. She also won awards for directing at the Directors Guild of America Awards, Golden Globe Awards, and British Academy Film Awards, becoming the second female winner of each of them.

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Recurring actors

The career in numbers

US$ 235 mi Total budget from 3 film(s) with data
US$ 549 mi Total box office from 3 film(s) with data
US$ 78 mi Average budget from 3 film(s) with data
US$ 183 mi Average box office from 3 film(s) with data
7.2 Average rating from 5 film(s) with data
2.3× Return on investment from 3 film(s) with data

Budget and box office do not exist for every film in our records. Averages are computed over the films that carry the figure, and the count beside each one says how many.

Films directed

Film	Year	Budget	Box office	Rating
Hamnet	2025	US$ 30 mi	US$ 108 mi	7.7
Eternals	2021	US$ 200 mi	US$ 402 mi	6.8
Nomadland	2021	US$ 5 mi	US$ 39 mi	7.2
The Rider	2018	—	—	7.3
Songs My Brothers Taught Me	2015	—	—	6.9

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