Zhou Hao is a documentary filmmaker who has worked as a journalist for more than a decade, producingdocumentaries since 2001. Zhou’s works have won awards and been screened at film festivals around theworld more than a hundred times. His 2014 film Cotton won Best Documentary at the 51st Golden HorseFilm Festival. Zhou’s 2015 film, The Chinese Mayor, won the Special Jury Award for Unparalleled Accessat the 31st Sundance Film Festival, as well as Best Documentary at the 9th Asian Film Awards, and wonZhou the Best Documentary award for the second time in a row at the 52nd Golden Horse Film Festival.