Info / Vita

Zhongzixia Yao, born in Shanghai in 1994, studied radio and television directing at the China Academy of Art. His short film RITRATTO was awarded the Chongli Prize Scholarship in China. He has been studying directing at the HFF Munich since 2018. He has directed short films such as WHITE ISLAND and WIE KOHLE RIECHT as well as various commercials. WIE SCHMECKT DIE WASSERMELONE is his third HFF short film. In 2024 he received the DAAD award for outstanding achievements of foreign students.

Links / Reference

https://www.instagram.com/zhongzixia.yao/

Filmography (HFF DB)

2024 Die Gedanken unserer Vorfahren Director: Kokutekeleza Elena Musebeni/ HFF München (Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film)
2024 Director: Muschirf Shekh Zeyn/ Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film
2023 WIE SCHMECKT DIE WASSERMELONE Director: Zhongzixia Yao/ Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München
2021 Wie Kohle riecht Director: Zhongzixia Yao/ Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München
2020 White Island Director: Zhongzixia Yao/ Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München
2019 (Late) Awareness Of An Inner Relation Director: Luis Sütter/ HFF München (Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film)
2019 Im Glashaus Director: Anna Zhukovets (erster Dokumentarfilm)/ HFF München (Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film)
2019 Misanthropy Director: Florian Berwanger