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ABOUT


Hi, I’m Jo Zhao! I am a Chinese-Australian Digital Artist and Filmmaker based in Los Angeles. I completed my BA in Film and Television at UCLA where I studied Directing and Digital Media as my concentration. I currently work as a freelancer and in-house video editor at Angel City FC.

With over 8 years of film production experience and a lifetime of digital art making,  I’ve built a portfolio of narrative, music, fashion, and commercial projects,  but remain passionate about all disciplines of visual and experiential mediums. I believe strongly in the innovative potential of digital media and will continue exploring this through my greatest interest: the intersection between unorthodox ideas and universal human feelings.


Honors:

  • Short film “Things Are Good” official selection of The Los Angeles International Short Film Festival 2024, and The Mammoth Film Festival 2024,  Nominated for ‘Best First-Time Filmmaker Award’
  • Nominated for ‘Young Australian Filmmaker of the Year’ for The Byron Bay International Film Festival 2023, 
  • Short Film “Out of Line” selected for The Hammer Museum Film Showcase, Los Angeles (2022)
  • Illustration Body of Work “Cliché” selected for the New South Wales state ArtExpress Exhibit (2017)
  • Textiles Major Work selected for NSW state SHAPE Exhibit for The PowerHouse Museum, Sydney (2017)

Winner of:

  • Peter Stark Award (2022)
  • Alan S. Jacobson Memorial Award (2022)
  • Edie Gross Scholarship Award (2022)
  • Frank Glicksman Scholarship Award (2022)
JO ZHAO MEDIA. LOS ANGELES | SYDNEY