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Fanfan Zhou

Film Director, Producer

(EST. 1997)

Fanfan Zhou is a Los Angeles-based director and producer, originally from China, who holds an MFA in Film Directing from CalArts. Her work focuses on the complexities of intergenerational relationships, identity crises, and representation. Her directorial short documentary, 'Unreachable Object,' screened at the 2025 Open City Documentary Festival in London. Open City Texts commented on its "formal immediacy and intimacy" achieved through handheld camerawork and performative elements, the film was described as "an effort to push through the brambles of time towards some kind of clearing."

Fanfan served as a jury member for the Young Mezcal Award at the 38th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG). Her producing credits further demonstrate her versatile filmmaking capabilities, including the Venice Immersive official selection 'Echos of Ash Valley' (Associate Producer, 81st Venice International Film Festival), the LGBTQ short 'Mean Goals' (Producer, LALIFF 2025 premiere), and the short documentary 'Memoir' (Producer, Atlanta Film Festival 2025 premiere).

She is the founder of MILKY WAVE(LLC), a fresh and unique independent film/TV Series production company committed to crafting stories that belong to a boundless new era.