About.
films by hand and mind
JAY ZHAO 赵佳童
Based in Sydney.
An anti-Vanitas film director.
A working-in-progress cinematographer.
Another commercial videographer and editor.
A human like you.
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Jay Zhao specialises in film directing and cinematography. He also has rich professional filmmaking experiences in productions as an active production assistant, assistant director, camera operator, gaffer, and editor.
Jay is open to hiring for freelancing videography and crews. He offers commercial services for MV, events, interviews and product video productions.
Please contact him directly to inquire about commercial services or collaborate.
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Born and raised in Shenzhen China, Jay Zhao began his journey with filmmaking in year 6 primary school.
He started making fiction and experimental short films after attending high school at St Augustine in Sydney, where he won the first prize for his work. Jay then studied Bachelor of Media in Screen Production at UNSW to continue his childhood goal.
In 2022 his first year of university, he directed The Concealed as the first film screened in the cinema at Palace Sydney. He also finished his first short feature Relove and went to the Sydney Lift-Off Film Festival and Serbest International Film Festival.
After his second year of university, he took different roles and became active in different productions from commercial to Master capstone.
He also discovered his directing manifesto as an imagination production, now working with a wide range of productions while has been directing award-winning projects.