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Chloé Zhao

Chinese filmmaker (born 1982)

4.01body-of-work score · ranked #273 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
March 31, 1982 · Beijing
Nationality
People's Republic of China
Work
film director, screenwriter, film producer, film editor
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Chloé Zhao
Harald Krichel · CC BY-SA 4.0

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    NomadlandMust-See #157

    2020 · United States · drama

    Oscar Best Picture winner 2020 · BAFTA Best Film winner 2021 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2021 #1

    3.005 citations
  2. 2
    Hamnet

    2025 · United States / United Kingdom · drama, biography

    TIFF People's Choice winner 2025

    0.751 citation
  3. 3
    The Rider

    2018 · United States · drama

    Film Comment year-end poll 2018 #13

    0.261 citation

Complete filmography

All 5 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.