Zhao Deyin

Zhao Deyin

Midiz, born in Myanmar on December 18, 1982, is a director and screenwriter of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. He graduated from the Design Institute of Taiwan University of science and technology.

In 2006, he was shortlisted for Busan and Copenhagen film exhibitions with his graduation work white dove. In 2009, he was selected as the creative student of the Golden Horse Film Academy sponsored by Hou Xiaoxian, and under his supervision, he shot the short film "Huaxin Street Chronicle" of the 49th Golden Horse Award. In 2011, he directed his first film "the returned", which was shortlisted for the sina tide award in the main competition unit of the 16th Pusan International Film Festival. In 2012, he directed the feature film "the poor · durian · anesthetic · stowaways", which was selected as the official competition film of the 32nd Hawaii International Film Festival. In the 16th anti drug film festival of 2014, he won the best director award. In 2015, he directed his first documentary the man who digs jade. In 2016, he was nominated for the best director of the 53rd Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award and won the Taiwan outstanding filmmaker of the year award.

Character experience

Early experience

When Zhao Deyin was 16 years old, he went to Taiwan to study. When he came to Taiwan, he chose to study art printing because he could have more time to earn money. Later, I continued to study design, just because I could make a living after class. Because his family was poor, he worked as a construction worker, a restaurant cook, a photographer, and so on.

Directing career

In 2006, Zhao Deyin was shortlisted in Busan Film Festival and Copenhagen Film Festival with his graduation work white dove. In 2009, Zhao Deyin was selected as the creative student of Jinma Film Academy sponsored by Hou Xiaoxian, and shot the short film "Huaxin Street Chronicle" under Hou Xiaoxian's supervision. In 2011, he directed his first film, the returned man, which was shortlisted in more than 20 international film festivals, including Busan Film Festival Competition and Rotterdam Film Festival Competition. In 2012, he directed the feature film "the poor, durian, anesthetics and stowaways", which was selected as the official competition film of the 32nd Hawaii International Film Festival. In 2013, he and Chen Xinyi co directed the segment of "silent shelter" in the short film "Taipei factory", which became the closing film of the 15th Taipei Film Festival; on March 3, his "poor people · durian · anesthetic · stowaways" became one of the five works shown in the "Taiwan film unit" of the Hong Kong International Film Festival; in the same year, he and Cai Mingliang co directed the short film "letter from the South" 》Part of "an Laoyi" in Chinese. In 2014, Zhao Deyin created the anti drug film "ice drug" with the background of China Myanmar border, which is known as the "return Trilogy" with "people returning home" and "poor people · durian · anesthetic · stowaways". Zhao Deyin was nominated for the best director award at the 51st Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award and won the best director award at the 16th Taipei Film Festival. In the same year, he directed the short film "the palace on the sea". in 2015, he published his book work "Ju". I'm away. Methamphetamine: Zhao Deyin's film life Chronicle; in the same year, Zhao Deyin directed his first documentary "the man who digs jade". On February 12, 2016, Zhao Deyin's documentary "Emerald City" premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in Germany, and the film was shortlisted in the 66th Berlin International Film Festival Youth directors forum unit; in the same year, he directed the feature film "goodbye to wa city", which nominated for the best director award of the 53rd Taiwan Golden Horse Award and won the annual Taiwan outstanding filmmaker Award; in October, he was invited to shoot The 53rd Golden Horse Awards annual advertising video was shot when "love dust" met with a flying saucer. in February 2018, he directed the documentary "Fourteen apples"; in May, he served as the judge of the 21st Shanghai International Film Festival Asia Rookie Award. On September 1, he won the best director award of the 58th Asia Pacific Film Festival for "goodbye to wacheng". In April 2019, his film "burning secrets" was selected as a focus unit of the 72nd Cannes International Film Festival.

Personal life

Zhao Deyin is a Chinese in Myanmar. His grandfather Gao moved from Nanjing to Yunnan in 1930 because of the war. His grandfather was sent to build the Yunnan Myanmar highway. He did not move to the villages at the border of Myanmar until the Kuomintang Communist war. Later, he moved to Myanmar again. Therefore, Zhao Deyin was born in Lashio, a small city in Myanmar.

Main works

Directing works

Screenwriter's works

Editing works

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Award winning record

Character evaluation

Zhao Deyin's films show a kind of strong vitality and unique aesthetics of "barbaric growth", which is worth looking forward to. Most of his works focus on Myanmar's life, recording Myanmar's society's political power and changes of the times in a realistic way, as well as the painstaking life of the little people (Sohu online review). Zhao Deyin gradually established his own image style in his "return to hometown Trilogy". He added magical and surreal elements to the documentary technique, adding desolation to the barren land of northern Myanmar (online review of 21 finance and Economics). Zhao Deyin's works pick up the pain of the world, but from the perspective of bending over, he turns to the artistic view that is close to cleanliness (Phoenix Online Review). In farewell to tile City, Zhao Deyin uses surreal shooting techniques to maximize the audience's imagination, complement the conservative and convergent style of the whole film, and even bring the film to a higher level. His future potential is unlimited (netease.com.cn review).