Julie Zhu is a

New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...

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filmmaker Filmmaking or film production is the process by which a Film, motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, beginning with an initial story, idea, or commission. Production then continues through screen ...

podcaster A podcast is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. Typically, a podcast is an episodic series of digital audio files that users can download to a personal device or stream to listen to at a time of their ...

and

photographer A photographer (the Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who uses a camera to make photographs. Duties and types of photograp ...

. She specialises in stories from marginalised communities. She has created both scripted and documentary content for

Whakaata Māori Whakaata Māori is a New Zealand television channel that broadcasts programmes that make a significant contribution to the revitalisation of the Māori language and culture. Funded by the New Zealand Government, it commenced broadcasting as M� ...

The Spinoff ''The Spinoff'' is a New Zealand online magazine and news website that was founded in 2014. It is known for current affairs coverage, political and social analysis, and cultural commentary. It earns money through commercial sponsorship and su ...

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, and

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Biography

Zhu was born in

Xi'an Xi'an is the list of capitals in China, capital of the Chinese province of Shaanxi. A sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong plain, the city is the third-most populous city in Western China after Chongqing and Chengdu, as well as the most populou ...

, China and grew up in

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. Zhu co-directs and co-hosts the podcast and docu-series '' Conversations With My Immigrant Parents'' alongside Saraid de Silva for Radio New Zealand. She directed the observational documentary series ''Takeout Kids'' for The Spinoff; she won Best Director – NZ Factual at NZ Web Fest for her work on this series. Her short film ''Lǎo Lao Lǎo Le'' won her Best Director and Best NZ Film at

Show Me Shorts Show Me Shorts is an international short film festival held in Auckland and other venues across New Zealand. It screens a selection of short films from New Zealand and around the world in cinemas nationwide each spring. Each year approximately 8 ...

2023.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zhu, Julie New Zealand film producers New Zealand film directors People from Xi'an Chinese emigrants to New Zealand Year of birth missing (living people) Living people