Midi Z

Midi Z (Chinese: 趙德胤; pinyin: Zhào Déyìn; Wade–Giles: Chao⁴ Teh²-in⁴; born December 18, 1982) 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.^[1]

Midi Z
Midi Z at the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2024
Born	Chao Teh-in (1982-12-18) December 18, 1982 (age 42) Lashio, Shan State, Myanmar
Education	National Taiwan University of Science and Technology Master of Design
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor
Awards	53rd Golden Horse Awards, Taipei Film Awards

On November 7, 2016, his work The Road to Mandalay (2016) was screened in his home country for the first time.^{[citation needed]}

Life and career

Chao was born in Lashio, Shan State, Myanmar. Both his parents are of Chinese descent, and his ancestral home is in Nanking.^{[citation needed]} The son of a cook and a doctor,^[2] Chao was the youngest of five children and grew up poor.^[3] He won a scholarship and moved to Taiwan when he was 16, where he went to high school. Chao received both his bachelor's degree and master's degree in design at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, after which he became a naturalized Taiwanese citizen in 2011.^[4]

He was named Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year at the 53rd Golden Horse Awards in 2016.^[5]

Filmography

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)
• 2019 : Nina Wu (灼人秘密)
• 2024 : The Unseen Sister (乔妍的心事)

Documentaries

• 2018 : 14 Apples (十四顆蘋果)
• 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

• 2014: Taipei Film Awards: Best Director^{[citation needed]}
• 2016: 53rd Golden Horse Awards: Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year^{[citation needed]}
• 2016: 73rd Venice International Film Festival: FEDEORA Award for Best Film^{[citation needed]}