Yiming Zhao is a Production Designer/Art Director based in Los Angeles and originally from Beijing, China.

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Yiming production designed Shelly Yo's debut feature film, SMOKING TIGERS, which premiered in the U.S. Narrative Feature Competition at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival, where it won Best Performance, Best Screenplay, and the Nora Ephron Award (Special Jury Mention). The film had its Asian premiere at the 2024 Jeonju International Film Festival, and will premiere on HBO/Max in Fall 2024.

 

Yiming most recently art directed Sarah Friedland's debut narrative feature film, FAMILIAR TOUCH, which will premiere at the 2024 Venice Film Festival in the Orizzonti Competition.

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Yiming is a member of the Production Designers Collective (PDC). She is an alumnus of the BAFTA Newcomers Program and the FIRST Film Festival's Training Camp. She holds a B.A. in Film & TV Production from Loyola Marymount University and an M.F.A. in Production Design from the American Film Institute (AFI) Conservatory.

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