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Name
  
Midi Z


Role
  
Film director

Midi Z TAIPEI FILM COMMISSION


Born
  
18 December 1982 (age 41) Lashio, Shan State, Myanmar (
1982-12-18
)

Occupation
  
Film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, and editor

Movies
  
Ice Poison, Taipei Factory, Return to Burma, Poor Folk, Letters From The South

Director q a midi z and wu ke xi on the palace on the sea and return to burma


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.

Contents

Midi Z Midi Z Pictures quotIce Poisonquot Premiere 2014 Tribeca

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".

Midi Z Filmmaker at new frontier as Myanmar slowly opens up

return to burma directed by midi z trailer hd


Personal life

Midi Z TAIPEI FILM COMMISSION

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.

Midi Z FileMIDI Z directorjpg Wikimedia Commons

In 2011, he renounced his Burmese citizenship, and became a naturalised citizen of Taiwan.

Career

Midi Z Critics39 Talk 6 Midi Z Poor Folk YouTube

He received the Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year at the 53rd Golden Horse Awards in 2016.

Features

  • 2011 : Return to Burma (歸來的人)
  • 2012 : Poor Folk (窮人。榴槤。麻藥。偷渡客)
  • 2014 : Ice Poison (冰毒)
  • 2016 : The Road to Mandalay (再見瓦城)(filming)
  • Documentaries

  • 2015 : Jade Miners (挖玉石的人)
  • 2016 : City of Jade (翡翠之城)
  • Short films

  • 2014 : The Palace on the Sea
  • Awards

  • 2016 53rd Golden Horse Awards: Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year
  • References

    Midi Z Wikipedia