Background
Chou was born in Keelung, Taiwan in 1969.
周美玲
director journalist film producer
Chou was born in Keelung, Taiwan in 1969.
She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from National Chengchi University in 1992. She worked as a journalist before becoming an indie film director She entered into film making because of her attraction to the combination of content and form.
She has been heralded as the most talented document director in the recent years of Taiwan.
Chou and Hoho Liu (Chinese: 劉芸后) are an openly lesbian couple.
Corners Winner of the 2002 Taipei Film Festival for Best Documentary Poles Extremity Winner of the 2003 Marseille Festival of Documentary Film for Best Documentary Splendid Float Winner of the 2004 Golden Horse Award for Best Make Up and Costume Design Winner of the 2004 Golden Horse Award for Best Original Film Song Winner of the 2004 Golden Horse Award for Best Taiwanese Film Of The Year Winner of the 1st CJ Asia Independent Film Festival for Audience Award Spider Lilies Winner of the 2007 Teddy Award for Best Gay/Lesbian Feature Film at the Berlin Film Festival.