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Shih-Ching Tsou
Taiwanese film producer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shih-Ching Tsou (Chinese: 鄒時擎) is a Taiwanese-American film producer, director, and actress.
She directed the 2025 film Left-Handed Girl, which was selected by Taiwan as its candidate for the 2026 Academy Awards.
She co-directed the film Take Out (2004) with Sean Baker. She also produced Baker's other films Starlet (2012), Tangerine (2015), The Florida Project (2017), and Red Rocket (2021).
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Early life and education
Tsou was born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan. After graduating from Fu Jen Catholic University,[1] Tsou came to New York City for her master's degree in Media Studies at The New School.[2]
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Tsou's first film was Take Out, which she co-directed, co-wrote, and co-produced with Sean Baker. The film had its world premiere at the Slamdance Film Festival in 2004,[3] then going on to screen at the Nashville Film Festival where it won the grand jury prize.[4] It was released in a limited release in the United States on June 6, 2008.[5] In 2009, it was nominated for the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award.[2] Take Out had a 4K digital restoration release on Bluray by The Criterion Collection in 2022.[3]
Tsouw went on to work with Baker on his third film, Starlet, as an executive producer and costume designer.[6] The film had its world premiere at SXSW on March 11, 2012.[7] The film was released in a limited release on September 9, 2012 by Music Box Films.[8] Tsou along with Baker and the ensemble cast were given the Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award in 2013.[9]
Baker and Tsou collaborated again on Tangerine, where she served as a producer on the film as well as the costume designer, art department, additional camera operator, and made her acting debut in the film. It was filmed completely on iPhone 5s.[6] The film had its world premiere at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2015.[10] The film had a limited release by Magnolia Pictures on July 10, 2015.[11]
After Tangerine, Tsou produced Baker's next feature The Florida Project. The film premiered in the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival[12] and was theatrically released in the United States on October 6, 2017 by A24.[13] It won at least 38 and was nominated for at least 104 awards including an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Willem Dafoe (see List of accolades received by The Florida Project).
She produced Baker's feature Red Rocket, which premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival and received rave reviews.[14]
In 2022, Tsou began production on her first solo directorial feature, Left-Handed Girl, a family drama set in a night market in Taipei, Taiwan.[15] The film was co-written by Sean Baker, who also edited the film. It premiered in the Critics’ Week section of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival and was selected by the government of Taiwan as its submission for Best International Feature Film for the 2026 Oscar awards.[16]
Tsou served as a programmer[17] for the Slamdance Film Festival and was a member of the jury in 2019.[18]
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Awards
Tsou was one of the finalists of 2009 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise Honoree in Filmmaking.[19]
In 2021, along with other members of the Red Rocket team, she received the Producer Award at the Hamilton Behind the Camera Awards.[20]
Left-Handed Girl won the Gan Foundation Award at the Critics’ Week competition section of the Cannes Film Festival.
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