Chloé Zhao: Video is in the Spotlight - MB142

Chloé Zhao is a Chinese writer, director, editor, producer and two-time Oscar winner. She was born in Beijing, raised there and in Brighton, England. After moving to the US, she studied Political Science at Mount Holyoke College and Film Production at NYU. Her feature debut SONGS MY BROTHERS TAUGHT ME premiered at 2015 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for Best First Feature at the Independent Spirit Awards. Her second feature, THE RIDER, premiered at Directors Fortnight at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival and was awarded the Art Cinema Award as well as Best Feature Film at the 2018 Gotham Awards. Her most recent film NOMADLAND premiered at the 2020 Venice Film Festival and was awarded the Golden Lion. The film and Chloé have also earned the industry's highest acclaim including Golden Globe® , BAFTA, DGA, PGA Awards and 3 Oscars® , including Best Director, Best Actress in a Leading Role and Best Picture. She made history as the first woman of color to win many of these awards. Chloé wrote and directed Marvel Studios’ ETERNALS, which is scheduled for release November 5, 2021. 

Kunal is an Animation Director and Motion Designer from Calcutta, currently based in Vancouver, BC. Over the past 15 years Kunal has worked in a variety of mediums - animation for film, broadcast television, advertising and product development. Kunal has also taught Motion Graphics at Emily Carr University. Kunal is a co-founder at Good Bad Habits, an animation and motion design studio based in Vancouver. Their clients include Google, Spotify, Wikipedia, Visier and TED-Ed. www.goodbadhabits.ca

Tisha is an Animation Director and Motion Designer from New Delhi, currently based in Vancouver, BC. She graduated with a Bachelor of Media Arts in Animation from Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Her films have screened at TIFF, Cinanima, Anima Mundi, OIAF, NYICFF and is part of a permanent film collection at the MOMA in New York. Tisha is a co-founder at Good Bad Habits, an animation and motion design studio based in Vancouver. Their clients include Google, Spotify, Wikipedia, Visier and TED-Ed. www.goodbadhabits.ca 

Joyce N. Ho is a Hong Kong-born Australian designer and director. With over a decade’s experience, there’s nothing she enjoys more than storytelling through motion and bringing ideas to life through design. Now based in Brooklyn, Joyce continues her obsession with all things motion and is currently Associate Creative Director at BUCK in New York City. She has directed numerous noteworthy projects, including ‘Semi Permanent 2018’ titles, ‘The Expanse’ opening titles and was design director for “Volume 3” of Netflix’s ‘Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj’.

Joyce has been a finalist at SXSW Film Awards three times and her work has been recognized by The One Club, The ADC, The ADCC and the Australian Production Design Guild, among others. She was named one of “10 Women of Title Design” by Art of the Title in 2018 and was a Young Gun 17 winner.

Emily Simms is an art director and photographer based in Brooklyn, New York. Originally from Baltimore, she received her BFA in Communications Design from Syracuse University.

She specializes in art direction, visual identity, still life photography, and set design. In image creation, her work focuses heavily on conceptual thinking and humor manifested through rich textures and tones. In visual identity, her work focuses on a strong sense of color and form with a minimalist approach.

She is currently working full time as a Senior Art Director for Buck while continuing her freelance projects as a photographer and art director.