About

Zhizi Hao is a Chinese writer/director based in London. In 2017, thanks to the BAFTA China-UK Scholarship, he moved to London to pursue an MA in filmmaking at the London Film School. There, he refined his voice as a storyteller and sharpened his skills as a writer/director.

Born into a military family as an only gay son, raised in a place where neither of his parents came from, and now living abroad, Hao is familiar with the feeling of being an outsider. This rootlessness defines his perspective and has become a motif in the stories he tells.

His previous works have been included in and awarded by various international film festivals, such as Shanghai International Film Festival (2021), Fribourg International Film Festival (2022), Etiuda&Anima Film Festival (2021), London Short Film Festival (2019), BFI Future Film Festival (2019), Scottish Queer Film Festival (2019) and Leiden Shorts (2022).

He also works as a sound recordist and an assistant director.