Career
His 2014 film Ice Poison was selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards. Chao Te-Yin was born in Lashio, Shan State, Myanmar. He went to Taichung, Taiwan when he was 16.
He studied printing in National Taichung Industrial High School, and received his Bachelor"s degree and Master"s degree in Design at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology.
He renounced Burmese citizenship, and became naturalised citizens of Taiwan in 2011.