Oscar-nominated writer/director Chloé Zhao (Hamnet) reveals why she has dance parties on set and what happened when a Los Angeles high school teacher took her under his wing. This two-time Academy Award winner, whose latest film is up for eight Oscars, also reveals where she stores her Oscars.

Films Mentioned:

• Hamnet
• Nomadland
• Terminator 2
• True Lies
• Ghost
• Sister Act
• Basic Instinct
• Happy Together
• The Matrix
• The Mummy
• Ghost In The Shell
• The Rider
• Red River
• Jeremiah Johnson
• My Darling Clementine
• Unforgiven
• Avatar
• Titanic
• Aliens
• Alien
• Star Wars
• Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
• Land of Silence and Darkness
• Into the Abyss
• Lord of the Rings
• Harry Potter
• The Tree of Life
• Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
• Casablanca
• Interstellar
• The Searchers

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