JOHN ZHAO | FILMMAKER

role: creative/copywriter

THE MEDITATION OF D.B. COOPER - single channel video/10 mins. digital/on loop in briefcase, parachute, wood panel New Work New York - Portland, OR - 2016

☾ THE NIGHTSCHOOL TRILOGY ☽

influenced by bootleg African action flicks, 90s erotic thrillers and VHS skate videos, this loose trilogy of feature films capture the nocturnal boogie of NYC’s outer burroughs (or what was left of it) in the 2010s, and served as my self-funded self-taught film school [role: writer/producer/cinematographer/director/editor].

VELADA JOURNALS (EPISODIC)

LOST ISSUE TWO - article: Papaya Skies - a travel journal created by Nelson Ng (Shanghai, China) LOST MAGAZINE

UZI OF SABA (22 pgs. - 2015) a zine of writings + images created under hypnosis - $25.00 USD ADD TO CART

a self-taught 조선족 filmmaker based in New York City
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