Meet Chloé Zhao, the Director of Nomadland
The Basics on Chloé Zhao, the First Asian Woman to Earn a Golden Globe Nom For Directing
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In a 2018 interview with Vogue for her feature The Rider, Zhao revealed her long-standing love for American pop culture. "I have an obsession with the old West," she told the magazine, explaining how she came to create a film about a Native American cowboy based loosely on a real cowboy she befriended. "I wanted to be where Michael Jackson was," she added. "A lot of people did."