Name Midi Z | Role Film director | |
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Occupation Film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, and editor Movies Ice Poison, Taipei Factory, Return to Burma, Poor Folk, Letters From The South | ||
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Chao Te-Yin (Chinese: 趙德胤; pinyin: Zhào Déyìn) (born December 18, 1982), known by his English name Midi Z, is a Myanmar-born Taiwanese film director. His 2014 film Ice Poison was selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards.
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- Director q a midi z and wu ke xi on the palace on the sea and return to burma
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- Personal life
- Career
- Features
- Documentaries
- Short films
- Awards
- References
On November 7, 2016, his work The Road to Mandalay (2016) was screened in his home country for the first time, which he called a "historical moment".
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Personal life
Chao Te-Yin was born in Lashio, Shan State, Myanmar. Both his parents are of Chinese descent, and his ancestral home is Nanjing. The son of a cook and a doctor, Chao was the youngest of five children and grew up poor. He won a scholarship and moved to Taiwan when he was 16, where he went to high school. Chao received his bachelor's degree and master's degree in design at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology.
In 2011, he renounced his Burmese citizenship, and became a naturalised citizen of Taiwan.
Career
He received the Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year at the 53rd Golden Horse Awards in 2016.