Chloe Zhao
Profession
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Assistant director
Awards
- 2014Spotlight on Women Filmmakers 'Live the Dream' GrantWinner
- 2015Audience Award - American Independents:Nominated
- 2015American Indian Movie Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2015American Indian Movie Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 2015Golden Athena - Best Picture:Nominated
- 2015Jury Award - Best Directorial Debut:Nominated
- 2015Golden CameraNominated
- 2015Grand Special PrizeNominated
- 2015American Independent Award - Best Feature Film:Nominated
- 2015FIPRESCI Prize - International First Film:Winner
- 2015International CompetitionNominated
- 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 AwardWinner
- 2016Independent Spirit Award - Best First Feature:Nominated
- 2016Someone to Watch AwardNominated
- 2017Golden Athena - Best Picture:Winner
- 2017C.I.C.A.E. AwardWinner
- 2017Grand Special PrizeWinner
- 2017Sichtwechsel Film AwardNominated
- 2017Art Cinema Award - Best Feature:Winner
- 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 GenreNominated
- 2018Heterodox AwardNominated
- 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 PrizeNominated
- 2018Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Feature:Winner
- 2018Audience AwardNominated
- 2018HCA Award - Best Female Director:Nominated
- 2018IFJA Award - Breakout of the Year:Winner
- 2018Halfway Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2018Golden Tulip - International Competition:Nominated
- 2018FIPRESCI Prize - International Competition:Winner
- 2018Kingfisher Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 2018Youth Jury Award - Best Feature:Winner
- 2018LAOFCS Award - Best Female Director:Nominated
- 2018People's Choice Award - Best Narrative Feature:Nominated
- 2018Victorem - Best Director:Winner
- 2018Directors to WatchWinner
- 2018Audience Award - Best New Director:Nominated
- 2018Red Nation Film Award of Excellence - Best Director:Nominated
- 2018Audience Award - Festival Favorites:Nominated
- 2018SXSW Gamechanger AwardNominated
- 2018Terry Porter Visionary AwardWinner
- 2019EDA Female Focus Award - Best Woman Director:Nominated
- 2019EDA Female Focus Award - Best Woman Screenwriter:Nominated
- 2019C&I Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2019C&I Award - Best Director: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 Editing:Winner
- 2020BOFCA Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2020BSFC Award - Best Film Editing:Nominated
- 2020BSFC Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2020Capri Director AwardWinner
- 2020CFCA Award - Best Editing:Nominated
- 2020CFCA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2020CFCA Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2020Audience Choice Award - Best Feature:Winner
- 2020The Leonard Maltin Tribute AwardWinner
- 2020Rare Pearl AwardWinner
- 2020Festival Award - Distinguished Screenwriter:Winner
- 2020Festival Award - Audience Favorite:Winner
- 2020FFCC Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2020FFCC Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2020Grand Prix - Best Film:Nominated
- 2020GWNYFCA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2020GWNYFCA Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2020GWNYFCA Award - Best Editing:Winner
- 2020IFJA Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2020IFJA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay: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 AwardWinner
- 2020SIGNIS Award - Honorable MentionWinner
- 2020Fair Play Cinema AwardWinner
- 2020Golden Lion - Best Film:Winner
- 2020American Perspectives Award for Outstanding Achievement in CinemaWinner
- 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 Motion Picture of the Year:Winner
- 2021Oscar - Best Achievement in Directing:Winner
- 2021Oscar - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2021Oscar - Best Achievement in Film Editing:Nominated
- 2021EDA Female Focus Award - Best Woman Screenwriter:Nominated
- 2021EDA Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2021EDA Female Focus Award - Best Woman Director:Nominated
- 2021EDA Award - Best Film Editing:Winner
- 2021EDA Award - Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay: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 Film Editing:Winner
- 2021AFCA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2021AFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2021BAFTA Film Award - Best Screenplay (Adapted):Nominated
- 2021BAFTA Film Award - Best Film:Winner
- 2021BAFTA Film Award - Best Editing:Nominated
- 2021BAFTA Film Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2021BFCC Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2021British Independent Film Award - Best International Independent Film:Winner
- 2021C&I Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2021C&I Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2021CIC Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2021CIC Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2021CIC Award - Best Independent Film:Winner
- 2021CIC Award - Best Editing:Nominated
- 2021CinEuphoria - Best Editing - International Competition:Nominated
- 2021CinEuphoria - Top Ten of the Year - International Competition:Winner
- 2021CinEuphoria - Best Director - International Competition:Winner
- 2021CinEuphoria - Best Film - International Competition:Winner
- 2021Heterodox AwardNominated
- 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 Editing:Nominated
- 2021Critics Choice Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2021DFWFCA Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2021DFCS Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2021DFCS Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2021DFCS Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2021DFCS Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2021DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures:Winner
- 2021DFCA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2021DFCA Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2021Dorian Award - Screenplay of the Year:Nominated
- 2021Dorian Award - Director of the Year:Winner
- 2021DFCC - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2021Independent Spirit Award - Best Feature:Winner
- 2021Independent Spirit Award - Best Editing:Winner
- 2021Independent Spirit Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2021GAFCA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2021GAFCA Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2021Gold Derby Film Award - Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2021Gold Derby Film Award - Film Editing:Nominated
- 2021Gold Derby Film Award - Director:Winner
- 2021Gold Derby Film Award - Motion Picture:Winner
- 2021Gold List Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2021Gold List Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2021Golden Globe - Best Director - Motion Picture:Winner
- 2021Golden Globe - Best Screenplay - Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2021Audience AwardWinner
- 2021Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Feature:Winner
- 2021HFCS Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2021HFCS Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2021HCA Award - Best Editing:Nominated
- 2021HCA Award - Best Female Director:Winner
- 2021HCA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2021HFCS Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2021HFCS Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2021Huading Award - Best Global Director for a Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2021Huading Award - Best Global 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 Editing:Winner
- 2021LEJA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2021LEJA Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2021LEJA Award - Best Picture:Winner
- 2021ALFS Award - Screenwriter of the Year:Winner
- 2021ALFS Award - Director of the Year:Nominated
- 2021MNFCA Award - Best Picture:Winner
- 2021MNFCA Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2021MNFCA Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2021MCFCA Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2021MCFCA Award - Best Editing:Nominated
- 2021MCFCA Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 2021NSFC Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2021NMFC Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2021NMFC Award - Best Editing:Winner
- 2021NYFCO Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2021NCFCA Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2021NCFCA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2021NDFS Award - Best Picture:Winner
- 2021NDFS Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2021NDFS Award - Best Editing:Winner
- 2021NTFCA Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2021OFCC Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2021OFCC Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2021OAFFC Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2021OAFFC Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2021OFTA Film Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2021OFTA Film Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2021OFTA Film Award - Best Film Editing:Nominated
- 2021OFCS Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2021OFCS Award - Best Editing:Winner
- 2021OFCS Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2021PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:Winner
- 2021Director of the Year AwardWinner
- 2021PFCC Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2021PCC Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2021PCC Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2021PFCS Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2021SDFCS Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2021SDFCS Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2021SFBAFCC Award - Best Film Editing:Winner
- 2021SFBAFCC Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2021SFBAFCC Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2021FIPRESCI Film of the YearWinner
- 2021Outstanding Director of the Year AwardWinner
- 2021Satellite Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2021Satellite Award - Best Film Editing:Nominated
- 2021Satellite Award - Best Screenplay, Adapted:Nominated
- 2021SFCS Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2021SFCS Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2021SFCS Award - Best Film Editing:Winner
- 2021SEFCA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2021SEFCA Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2021SLFCA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2021SLFCA Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2021SLFCA Award - Best Editing:Winner
- 2021TFCA Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2021TFCA Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2021USC Scripter Award - Film:Winner
- 2021VFCC Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2021WAFCA Award - Best Editing:Nominated
- 2021WAFCA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2021WAFCA Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2021WFCC Award - Best Movie by a Woman:Winner
- 2021WFCC Award - Best Woman Storyteller:Nominated
- 2022Grand PrixNominated
- 2022Prix HumanumNominated
- 2022Bodil - Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film):Winner
- 2022CinEuphoria - Best Director - International Competition:Nominated
- 2022CinEuphoria - Top Ten of the Year - International Competition:Winner
- 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 AwardWinner
- 2025FFCC Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2025GAFCA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2025GAFCA Award - Best Director: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
- 2025Golden Conch - Best Narrative Feature:Winner
- 2025Prix du publicNominated
- 2025MMCG Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2025MMCG Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2025Audience Award - Narrative Feature:Winner
- 2025Visionary Director AwardWinner
- 2025Audience Award - Overall Favorite:Winner
- 2025NMFC Award - Best Editing:Winner
- 2025NMFC Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2025NMFC Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2025NYFCO Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2025NYFCO Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2025NTFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2025NTFCA Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2025OAFFC Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2025OAFFC Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2025SDFCS Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2025SDFCS Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2025SDFCS Award - Best Editing:Nominated
- 2025SFBAFCC Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2025SFBAFCC Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2025SFCS Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2025SFCS Award - Best Picture:Nominated
- 2025SLFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2025SLFCA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay: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
- 2025VHS Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2025Audience Award - Best Film:Winner
- 2025WAFCA Award - Best Editing:Nominated
- 2025WAFCA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2025WAFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2025WFCC Award - Best Woman Storyteller:Winner
- 2025WFCC Award - Best Movie by a Woman:Winner
- 2025WIN Award - Writer Feature Film:Winner
- 2025WIN Award - Director Feature Film:Nominated
- 2026AACTA International Award - Best Direction in Film:Nominated
- 2026AACTA International Award - Best Screenplay in Film:Nominated
- 2026Oscar - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2026Oscar - Best Achievement in Directing:Nominated
- 2026EDA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2026EDA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2026EDA Female Focus Award - Best Woman Director:Winner
- 2026EDA Female Focus Award - Best Woman Screenwriter:Nominated
- 2026EDA Award - Best Film Editing:Nominated
- 2026Eddie - Best Edited Feature Film - Drama, Theatrical:Nominated
- 2026Astra Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2026Astra Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2026BAFTA Film Award - Best Screenplay (Adapted):Nominated
- 2026BAFTA Film Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2026BAFTA Film Award - Outstanding British Film of the Year:Winner
- 2026BFE Cut Above Award - Best Edited British Drama:Winner
- 2026BOFA - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2026BOFA - Best Director:Nominated
- 2026Windie - Best Director:Nominated
- 2026Windie - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2026COFCA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2026Critics Choice Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2026Critics Choice Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2026DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film:Nominated
- 2026Dorian Award - Screenplay of the Year:Nominated
- 2026Dorian Award - Director of the Year:Nominated
- 2026Girls on Film Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2026Gold Derby Film Award - Director:Nominated
- 2026Gold Derby Film Award - Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2026Golden Globe - Best Screenplay - Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2026Golden Globe - Best Director - Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2026HFCS Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2026HFCS Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2026HFCS Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2026Image Award - Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2026ICFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2026ICFCA Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2026IFTA Award - Best Script for Film:Winner
- 2026LEJA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2026LEJA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2026ALFS Award - Director of the Year:Nominated
- 2026ALFS Award - Screenwriter of the Year:Nominated
- 2026MNFCA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2026MNFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2026MCFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2026National Film Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2026NDFS Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2026NDFS Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2026OFCC Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2026OFTA Film Award - Best Film Editing:Nominated
- 2026OFTA Film Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2026OFTA Film Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2026OFCS Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2026Chairman's Vanguard AwardWinner
- 2026Satellite Award - Best Screenplay, Adapted:Nominated
- 2026Satellite Award - Best Film Editing:Nominated
- 2026Satellite Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2026Pinoy Rebyu Award - Best International Film:Nominated
- 2026Aurora AwardNominated
- 2026USC Scripter Award - Film:Nominated
- 2026UFCA Award - Best Achievement in Directing:Nominated
- 2026UFCA Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2026WGA Award (Screen) - Adapted Screenplay:Nominated