Filmmaker, Editor, Animator, Writer
Zhong Zheng, known as “Zale,” is a filmmaker and editor born and raised in Wuhan, China. He received his BFA degree in Film & Television at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. He has directed several narrative shorts and also works passionately as an editor.
His animated short Leon_! (2019) was an official selection of American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase. His editing work Graveyard of Horses (2022), was officially selected for Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival ’22, SXSW ’23 and won the NETPAC Award at the Busan International Short Film Festival.
Lately he edited a feature film To Kill A Mongolian Horse (2024), which has been selected for the “Giornate degli Autori” Section Competition at the 81st Venice International Film Festival.
His latest film In the Water just finished post production.
郑重（Zale Zheng）生于湖北武汉，本科毕业于纽约大学Tisch艺术学院电影制作系， 是一名导演、剪辑。曾于戛纳电影节、BBC Studios实习，参与过数十部获奖短片制作。
他的动画短片 《Leon_!》入围2019年American Pavilion新人导演展。 剪辑作品《马冢》入围国际A类塔林黑夜电影节、SXSW 西南偏南电影节等，获2023釜山短片电影节NETPAC亚洲影评人协会奖。
剪辑长片《一匹白马的热梦》入围第81届威尼斯国际电影节“威尼斯日”竞赛单元。
他的最新导演短片《在水中》已完成后期制作。