Hao Zhao

Hao Zhao is a Chinese director/screenwriter/cinematographer. Since completing his grad film education at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, Hao has been working as an independent director, making short films and documentaries. His previous shorts include Serve the People (2014), SHE (2013). In 2021, his most recent short film Fang ke (An Invitation), which he wrote, directed with Yeung Tung, was selected for the short film competition at the 60th SEMAINE DE LA CRITIQUE Cannes Film Festival 2021. His feature directorial debut, 15 Seconds of Spotlight, was selected as a 2020 Shanghai International Film Festival Film Project Finalist and is under preproduction for principal photography in September 2021. The film is about the end of a long journey of a teenaged goalkeeper to professional soccer as his window of opportunity closes. Hao is also working on a documentary feature in which he looks into the youth soccer development system in a small town near Shanghai.