Chloé Zhao Biography

Awards

• 2014Spotlight on Women Filmmakers 'Live the Dream' Grant-: winner
• 2015Audience Award-American Independents: nominated
• 2015American Indian Movie Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2015American Indian Movie Award-Best Director: winner
• 2015Golden Athena-Best Picture: nominated
• 2015Jury Award-Best Directorial Debut: nominated
• 2015Golden Camera-: nominated
• 2015Grand Special Prize-: nominated
• 2015American Independent Award-Best Feature Film: nominated
• 2015FIPRESCI Prize-International First Film: winner
• 2015International Competition-: nominated
• 2015International Competition - Special Jury Mention-Achievement in Screenwriting: winner
• 2015Red Nation Film Award of Excellence-Best Director: winner
• 2015Grand Jury Prize-Dramatic: nominated
• 2016Prairie Spirit Award-: winner
• 2016Someone to Watch Award-: nominated
• 2016Independent Spirit Award-Best First Feature: nominated
• 2017Golden Athena-Best Picture: winner
• 2017C.I.C.A.E. Award-: winner
• 2017Grand Special Prize-: winner
• 2017Art Cinema Award-Best Feature: winner
• 2017Sichtwechsel Film Award-: nominated
• 2017Roberto Rossini Award-Best Director: winner
• 2017People's Choice Award-Crouching Tigers - Best Film: nominated
• 2017Golden Puffin-Best Film: winner
• 2017Bronze Horse-Best Film: nominated
• 2017Silver Spike-Best Film: winner
• 2017Pilar Miró Award-Best New Director: winner
• 2017Golden Spike-Best Film: nominated
• 2018Audience Award-Tops: nominated
• 2018British Independent Film Award-Best International Independent Film: nominated
• 2018Best Feature Film - Avant-Garde and Genre-: nominated
• 2018Heterodox Award-: nominated
• 2018Dublin Film Critics Award-Best Director: winner
• 2018Best Feature-Narrative: nominated
• 2018Independent Spirit Award-Best Feature: nominated
• 2018Independent Spirit Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2018Grand Jury Prize-: nominated
• 2018Audience Award-: nominated
• 2018Gotham Independent Film Award-Best Feature: winner
• 2018HCA Award-Best Female Director: nominated
• 2018IFJA Award-Breakout of the Year: winner
• 2018Halfway Award-Best Director: winner
• 2018FIPRESCI Prize-International Competition: winner
• 2018Golden Tulip-International Competition: nominated
• 2018Youth Jury Award-Best Feature: winner
• 2018Kingfisher Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2018LAOFCS Award-Best Female Director: nominated
• 2018People's Choice Award-Best Narrative Feature: nominated
• 2018Victorem-Best Director: winner
• 2018Directors to Watch-: winner
• 2018Audience Award-Best New Director: nominated
• 2018Red Nation Film Award of Excellence-Best Director: nominated
• 2018Audience Award-Festival Favorites: nominated
• 2018SXSW Gamechanger Award-: nominated
• 2018Terry Porter Visionary Award-: winner
• 2019EDA Female Focus Award-Best Woman Director: nominated
• 2019EDA Female Focus Award-Best Woman Screenwriter: nominated
• 2019Chlotrudis Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2019Chlotrudis Award-Best Director: winner
• 2019Humanitas Prize-Independent Feature Film: nominated
• 2019ICS Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2019ICS Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2019INOCA-Best Director: nominated
• 2019NSFC Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2019WIN Award-Outstanding Film Written by a Woman: nominated
• 2019WIN Award-Outstanding Film Produced by a Woman: nominated
• 2020BOFCA Award-Best Director: winner
• 2020BOFCA Award-Best Editing: winner
• 2020BSFC Award-Best Director: winner
• 2020BSFC Award-Best Film Editing: nominated
• 2020Capri Director Award-: winner
• 2020CFCA Award-Best Editing: nominated
• 2020CFCA Award-Best Director: winner
• 2020CFCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: winner
• 2020Audience Choice Award-Best Feature: winner
• 2020The Leonard Maltin Tribute Award-: winner
• 2020Rare Pearl Award-: winner
• 2020Festival Award-Audience Favorite: winner
• 2020Festival Award-Distinguished Screenwriter: winner
• 2020FFCC Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
• 2020FFCC Award-Best Director: winner
• 2020Grand Prix-Best Film: nominated
• 2020GWNYFCA Award-Best Director: winner
• 2020GWNYFCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: winner
• 2020GWNYFCA Award-Best Editing: winner
• 2020IFJA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: winner
• 2020IFJA Award-Best Director: winner
• 2020ICP Award-Best Director: winner
• 2020LAFCA Award-Best Director: winner
• 2020Audience Award-Drive-In: winner
• 2020Audience Award-Mind the Gap: winner
• 2020Audience Award-Narrative Feature: winner
• 2020NYFCC Award-Best Director: winner
• 2020Audience Award-Best Gala Film: winner
• 2020Audience Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2020SFC Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2020People's Choice Award-: winner
• 2020SIGNIS Award - Honorable Mention-: winner
• 2020Fair Play Cinema Award-: winner
• 2020Golden Lion-Best Film: winner
• 2020American Perspectives Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinema-: winner
• 2020Audience Award-Best Narrative Feature: winner
• 2020WIN Award-Outstanding Film/Show Directed by a Woman: nominated
• 2020Maverick Award-Best Narrative Feature: winner
• 2021AACTA International Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2021AACTA International Award-Best Direction: winner
• 2021Oscar-Best Achievement in Directing: winner
• 2021Oscar-Best Motion Picture of the Year: winner
• 2021Oscar-Best Achievement in Film Editing: nominated
• 2021Oscar-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
• 2021EDA Award-Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay: winner
• 2021EDA Female Focus Award-Best Woman Director: nominated
• 2021EDA Female Focus Award-Best Woman Screenwriter: nominated
• 2021EDA Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021EDA Award-Best Film Editing: winner
• 2021Golden Elm Award-Top Ten Foreign Language Film: winner
• 2021Eddie-Best Edited Feature Film - Dramatic: nominated
• 2021Honorable Mention-Best Foreign Film: winner
• 2021AFCC Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021AFCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: winner
• 2021AFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2021AFCA Award-Best Film Editing: winner
• 2021BAFTA Film Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021BAFTA Film Award-Best Film: winner
• 2021BAFTA Film Award-Best Editing: nominated
• 2021BAFTA Film Award-Best Screenplay (Adapted): nominated
• 2021BFCC Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021British Independent Film Award-Best International Independent Film: winner
• 2021CIC Award-Best Independent Film: winner
• 2021CIC Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2021CIC Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
• 2021CIC Award-Best Editing: nominated
• 2021CinEuphoria-Best Editing - International Competition: nominated
• 2021CinEuphoria-Best Director - International Competition: winner
• 2021CinEuphoria-Top Ten of the Year - International Competition: winner
• 2021CinEuphoria-Best Film - International Competition: winner
• 2021Heterodox Award-: nominated
• 2021Cinema for Peace Award-Cinema for Peace Dove for The Most Valuable Film of the Year: nominated
• 2021COFCA Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021COFCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: winner
• 2021Critics Choice Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021Critics Choice Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: winner
• 2021Critics Choice Award-Best Editing: nominated
• 2021DFWFCA Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021DFCS Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
• 2021DFCS Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021DFCS Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021DFCS Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: winner
• 2021DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures: winner
• 2021DFCA Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021DFCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
• 2021Dorian Award-Screenplay of the Year: nominated
• 2021Dorian Award-Director of the Year: winner
• 2021DFCC-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2021Independent Spirit Award-Best Editing: winner
• 2021Independent Spirit Award-Best Feature: winner
• 2021Independent Spirit Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021GAFCA Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021GAFCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: winner
• 2021Gold Derby Film Award-Film Editing: nominated
• 2021Gold Derby Film Award-Director: winner
• 2021Gold Derby Film Award-Motion Picture: winner
• 2021Gold Derby Film Award-Adapted Screenplay: winner
• 2021Gold List Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021Gold List Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: winner
• 2021Golden Globe-Best Screenplay - Motion Picture: nominated
• 2021Golden Globe-Best Director - Motion Picture: winner
• 2021Gotham Independent Film Award-Best Feature: winner
• 2021Audience Award-: winner
• 2021HFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2021HFCS Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: winner
• 2021HCA Award-Best Female Director: winner
• 2021HCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
• 2021HCA Award-Best Editing: nominated
• 2021HFCS Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021HFCS Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2021Huading Award-Best Global Motion Picture: nominated
• 2021Huading Award-Best Global Director for a Motion Picture: nominated
• 2021ICFCA Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021ICFCA Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2021ICS Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2021IFC Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021KCFCC Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021KCFCC Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: winner
• 2021Sierra Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021LEJA Award-Best Picture: winner
• 2021LEJA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
• 2021LEJA Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021LEJA Award-Best Editing: winner
• 2021ALFS Award-Screenwriter of the Year: winner
• 2021ALFS Award-Director of the Year: nominated
• 2021MNFCA Award-Best Picture: winner
• 2021MNFCA Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2021MNFCA Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021MCFCA Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2021MCFCA Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021MCFCA Award-Best Editing: nominated
• 2021NSFC Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021NMFC Award-Best Editing: winner
• 2021NMFC Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021NYFCO Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021NCFCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: winner
• 2021NCFCA Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021NDFS Award-Best Picture: winner
• 2021NDFS Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021NDFS Award-Best Editing: winner
• 2021NTFCA Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021OFCC Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: winner
• 2021OFCC Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021OAFFC Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021OAFFC Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: winner
• 2021OFTA Film Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: winner
• 2021OFTA Film Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021OFTA Film Award-Best Film Editing: nominated
• 2021OFCS Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021OFCS Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: winner
• 2021OFCS Award-Best Editing: winner
• 2021PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures: winner
• 2021Director of the Year Award-: winner
• 2021PFCC Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021PCC Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021PCC Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2021PFCS Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021SDFCS Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
• 2021SDFCS Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021SFBAFCC Award-Best Film Editing: winner
• 2021SFBAFCC Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021SFBAFCC Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
• 2021FIPRESCI Film of the Year-: winner
• 2021Outstanding Director of the Year Award-: winner
• 2021Satellite Award-Best Screenplay, Adapted: nominated
• 2021Satellite Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021Satellite Award-Best Film Editing: nominated
• 2021SFCS Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021SFCS Award-Best Film Editing: winner
• 2021SFCS Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2021SEFCA Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021SEFCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: winner
• 2021SLFCA Award-Best Editing: winner
• 2021SLFCA Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021SLFCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
• 2021TFCA Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2021TFCA Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021USC Scripter Award-Film: winner
• 2021VFCC Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021WAFCA Award-Best Director: winner
• 2021WAFCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: winner
• 2021WAFCA Award-Best Editing: nominated
• 2021WFCC Award-Best Woman Storyteller: nominated
• 2021WFCC Award-Best Movie by a Woman: winner
• 2022Grand Prix-: nominated
• 2022Prix Humanum-: nominated
• 2022Bodil-Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film): winner
• 2022CinEuphoria-Top Ten of the Year - International Competition: winner
• 2022CinEuphoria-Best Director - International Competition: nominated
• 2022CinEuphoria-Best Film - International Competition: nominated
• 2022Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro): winner
• 2022CEC Award-Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera): nominated
• 2022Robert-Best English Language Film (Årets engelsksprogede film): winner
• 2022Días de Cine Award-Best Foreign Film: nominated
• 2022Girona Film Critics Award-Best Picture: winner
• 2022Honorable Mention-Best Adapted Screenplay: winner
• 2022Guldbagge-Best Foreign Film (Bästa utländska film): nominated
• 2022Special Award-Official Incompetence Award: winner
• 2025AFCC Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
• 2025Audience Award-Best Feature Film: winner
• 2025Golden Frog-Main Competition: nominated
• 2025CFCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
• 2025DFWFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2025Rare Pearl Award-: winner
• 2025FFCC Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
• 2025GAFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2025GAFCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
• 2025GWNYFCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
• 2025Truly Moving Picture Award-Truly Moving Picture Award: winner
• 2025IFC Award-Best Director: winner
• 2025KCFCC Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
• 2025Prix du public-: nominated
• 2025MMCG Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2025MMCG Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2025Audience Award-Narrative Feature: winner
• 2025Visionary Director Award-: winner
• 2025Audience Award-Overall Favorite: winner
• 2025NMFC Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: winner
• 2025NMFC Award-Best Director: winner
• 2025NMFC Award-Best Editing: winner
• 2025NYFCO Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2025NYFCO Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2025NTFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2025NTFCA Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2025OAFFC Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
• 2025OAFFC Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2025SDFCS Award-Best Editing: nominated
• 2025SDFCS Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
• 2025SDFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2025SFBAFCC Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2025SFBAFCC Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
• 2025SFCS Award-Best Picture: nominated
• 2025SFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2025SLFCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
• 2025SLFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2025TFCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
• 2025TFCA Award-Best Picture: nominated
• 2025People's Choice Award-Best Film: winner
• 2025Festival Award-Best Feature Film: winner
• 2025Audience Award-Best Film: winner
• 2025WAFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2025WAFCA Award-Best Editing: nominated
• 2025WAFCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
• 2025WFCC Award-Best Woman Storyteller: winner
• 2025WFCC Award-Best Movie by a Woman: winner
• 2026AACTA International Award-Best Direction in Film: nominated
• 2026AACTA International Award-Best Screenplay in Film: nominated
• 2026Oscar-Best Achievement in Directing: nominated
• 2026Oscar-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
• 2026EDA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2026EDA Female Focus Award-Best Woman Screenwriter: nominated
• 2026EDA Female Focus Award-Best Woman Director: winner
• 2026EDA Award-Best Film Editing: nominated
• 2026EDA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: winner
• 2026Astra Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2026Astra Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
• 2026Windie-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
• 2026Windie-Best Director: nominated
• 2026COFCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
• 2026Critics Choice Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
• 2026Critics Choice Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2026DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film: nominated
• 2026Dorian Award-Director of the Year: nominated
• 2026Dorian Award-Screenplay of the Year: nominated
• 2026Girls on Film Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2026Gold Derby Film Award-Director: nominated
• 2026Golden Globe-Best Director - Motion Picture: nominated
• 2026Golden Globe-Best Screenplay - Motion Picture: nominated
• 2026HFCS Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
• 2026HFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2026ALFS Award-Screenwriter of the Year: nominated
• 2026ALFS Award-Director of the Year: nominated
• 2026MNFCA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
• 2026MNFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2026MCFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2026NDFS Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2026NDFS Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2026OFCC Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
• 2026Chairman's Vanguard Award-: winner
• 2026Satellite Award-Best Film Editing: nominated
• 2026Satellite Award-Best Screenplay, Adapted: nominated
• 2026Satellite Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2026USC Scripter Award-Film: nominated
• 2026UFCA Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2026UFCA Award-Best Achievement in Directing: nominated