Zhao Dayong
Directing
Zhao Dayong (Chinese: 赵大勇) is a Chinese film director. After graduating from China’s Lu Xun Art Academy in 1992, where he studied oil painting, Zhao worked for a number of years as a professional artist and advertising director. He was also founding editor of Culture & Morals, a journal for the contemporary arts in China.
Zhao’s directorial debut, STREET LIFE, which explored the lives of homeless Chinese living on the backstreets of Shanghai, premiered at Austria’s Viennale in 2006. The film screened the following year at Berlin’s Globale Film Festival, and at the Rome Asiatica Film Mediale, where it won the City of Rome Prize.
Known for
Behind the camera8
- 2020One Says No Director, Editor
- 2014Shadow Days Director, Screenplay
- 2012Green Train Director
- 2011My Father's House Director
- 2010The High Life Director
- 2010Ghost Town Director
- 2007Lead to Director
- 2006Street Life Director, Producer, Editor, Cinematography
Acting1
- 2012Green Train