Midi Z
Zhao Te-yin (; born 18 December 1982), also known as Midi Z, is a Myanmar-born Taiwanese film director. His 2014 film "Ice Poison" was selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards. On November 7, 2016, his work "The Road to Mandalay" (2016) was screened in his home country for the first time. Life and career. Chao was born in Lashio, Shan State, Myanmar. Both his parents are of Chinese descent, and his ancestral home is Nanjing. The son of a cook and a doctor, Chao was the youngest  of five children and grew up poor. He won a scholarship and moved to Taiwan when he was 16, where he went to high school. Chao received his bachelor's degree and master's degree in design at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. In 2011, he renounced his Burmese citizenship, and became a naturalised citizen of Taiwan. He was named Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year at the 53rd Golden Horse Awards in 2016.