Shicong Zhu

Shicong Zhu is a Chinese filmmaker based in Los Angeles, CA, and Beijing, China. Her works have been selected to screen at International Foyle Film Festival, Vancouver Int. Women In Film Festival, Flicker's Rhode Island International Film Festival, and North America Chinese Directors Short Film Tour. She graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts where she was an honoree and recipient of the 2020 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Grant. Shicong's work focuses on narrative directing, writing, and cinematography. The topics she's interested in: coming-of-age/YA, social-media-induced body dysmorphia, ethical implications of machine learning, interactive media, gender, Chinese pagan beliefs and practices.