Zhang Mo (director)
{{short description|21st-century Chinese writer and film director}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|3|31}}
| birth_place = Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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| education = Columbia University (BA)
Tisch School of the Arts (MFA)
| occupation = Film editor
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| parents = Zhang Yimou (father)
Xiao Hua (mother)
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Zhang Mo ({{zh|c=张末|p=zhāng mò}}) is a Chinese writer, film editor and director who has worked on such films as Coming Home, The Flowers of War and A Simple Noodle Story.{{cite journal |language=zh |author1=Si Xi ({{lang|zh|四夕}})|script-title=zh:张末接班张艺谋，父女联手玩“狙击” |trans-title=Zhang Mo takes over Zhang Yimou, father and daughter join forces to play "Sniper" |volume=428 |pages=6–8 |year=2022 |journal=Bosom Friend |location=Wuhan, Hubei |publisher=Hubei Zhiyin Media Group Co., Ltd. |issn=1007-502X}} She is the daughter of renowned film director Zhang Yimou and has worked alongside him on many of his projects. In 2016 she made her directorial debut with the film Suddenly Seventeen.{{cite news|title=Zhang Yimou's daughter explores China's expectations of its women in directorial debut|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2049740/28-year-old-chinese-woman-becomes-17-again-zhang-mos-directorial|access-date=19 November 2017|publisher=South China Morning Post|date=28 November 2016}}
Biography
Zhang was born on March 31, 1983, in Xi'an, Shaanxi to film director Zhang Yimou and his wife Xiao Hua. She moved with her family to the United States at age fifteen to study at an American high school. She then enrolled at Columbia University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in architecture.{{Cite web|title=Abstract 2004-2005 by Columbia GSAPP - Issuu|url=https://issuu.com/gsapponline/docs/gsapp-abstract-0405|access-date=2022-02-05|website=issuu.com|language=en}} She decided not to pursue a career in architecture any further feeling it to be too restrictive in allowing her to express her emotions. Leaving university, Zhang enrolled at the Tisch School of the Arts where she studied filmmaking.{{Cite web|last=hermes|date=2016-12-12|title=Director Zhang Mo learned skills on dad Zhang Yimou's sets|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/a-film-maker-just-like-dad|access-date=2020-06-14|website=The Straits Times|language=en}} After graduating from Tisch with a Master of Fine Arts degree in film production, she went back to China to work alongside her father Zhang Yimou on some of his films. After gaining credit as an editor on the films Under the Hawthorn Tree and A Simple Noodle Story Zhang was given the role of assistant director on her fathers Hollywood blockbuster The Flowers of War.
In 2016 Zhang directed her first film Suddenly Seventeen, a film about 28-year-old woman who turns into the 17-year-old version of herself. Released in China, the film had a limited global release and was met with mixed reviews despite being financially successful.{{cite news|last1=Chan|first1=Boon|title=Failed attempt at body swopping|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/failed-attempt-at-body-swopping|access-date=19 November 2017|publisher=The Straits Times|date=7 December 2016}}{{cite web|title=China Box Office for Suddenly Seventeen (2016)|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Suddenly-Seventeen-(China)/China#tab=summary|publisher=The Numbers|access-date=19 November 2017}}{{cite web|title=28岁未成年 (2016)|url=https://movie.douban.com/subject/26658568/|publisher=Douban|access-date=19 November 2017|language=zh}}
Zhang married Daniel Wade Manwaring ({{zh|c=孟丹青|labels=no}}), a Creative Artists Agency executive, in October 2012.{{Cite web|last=Frater|first=Patrick|date=2018-02-06|title=Daniel Manwaring to Take Charge at CAA Motion Pictures Group in China|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/asia/daniel-manwaring-to-head-caa-china-1202688703/|access-date=2020-06-14|website=Variety|language=en}} She was previously married to an American man named Tovey from May 2006 to late 2008.{{Cite web|last=hermes|date=2016-11-20|title=Famous parents, famous kids|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/famous-parents-famous-kids|access-date=2020-06-14|website=The Straits Times|language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name | id= nm2754233| name= Mo Zhang}}
- {{Hkmdb name|id=57171|name=Zhang Mo}}
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Category:Chinese women film directors
Category:Film directors from Shaanxi
Category:Columbia College (New York) alumni