Person profile
Chloé Zhao
Woke Score
30/ 100
Lower is better
22 personal • 44 work
- Published titles
- 3
- Crew roles
- 4
- Cast roles
- 0
- Profile updated
- May 13, 2026
- TMDB person ID
- 1395183
Creator Context
Summary
Chinese-born filmmaker known for intimate, character-focused dramas such as Nomadland that explore working-class American life and personal resilience. Her approach emphasizes humanism, individual stories, and sympathy for people caught in larger conflicts regardless of side. Public interviews reveal interest in politics and history but no advocacy for identity politics, DEI programs, or social-justice activism; she avoids ideological messaging in favor of grounded human experiences.
Known Work
