Liz Chow
EDUCATION
2008 - 2010 University of Buffalo, Media Studies ( MFA )
1995 - 1998 The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Anthropology (B.S.SC)
WORKING EXPERIENCE
2024 Guest lecturer - Deutsche Film und Fernsehakademie, Berlin Germany
2024 Oversea Film Distribution Manager, Art Canteen, Hong Kong
2023 - 2024 Freelance TV Program Producer- Viu TV, Hong Kong
2019 - Present Freelance Videographer - Takt Gallery, Berlin
2017 - 2018 Freelance Videographer - Shen Wei Dance Studio
Freelance Videographer and Editor - City Councilman Peter Koo
2016 - 2018 Video Producer - Sinovision.net
2015 - 2024 Director - RTHK Programe "Exploring the Edible Planet"
2015 Director - Racing The Planet, Ecuador
2011 - 2014 Editor – Sinovision.com
2013 Director - Interview Series: Across the Divide, half hour documentary
Director - Broken Bread Trailer
2012 Director - TV Program, Routes, 12 half hour episodes
Broadcast on Phoenix TV, Sinovision, KSCI LA18, KTSF26
2010 Teaching Assistant - University of Buffalo, Media Studies
DMS 217 Creative Video Workshop
2009 Adjunct Instructor - University of Buffalo, Media Studies
DMS 213 Immigration and Films
2009 Photographer - The Bridge Project with Richard Foreman
2007 Author - South America, Singtao Press
2003-2008 Reporter - Singtao Newspaper Ltd.
1999-2001 Research & Scriptwriter - Discover China Production Limited
"Chinese Foot Binding - The Vanishing Lotus"
National Geographic, Filmmakers Library, NYC.
"Eating the Uneatable"
Discovery Channel
"Travel with celebrities"
Asia Television
"Oriental Riverside"
Asia Television
1998–1999 Scriptwriter - Asia Television Limited - “Hong Kong Today”
EXHIBITIONS
2023 Group Exhibition “Encharted - Life on the move” Kunstraum Heidelberg
2021 Photo Exhibition “Every single day”, Berlin Tapir Gallery
2017 Oct Buffalo International Film Festival, Offscreen Series
2016 Asian American Writer Workshop Open City Language Justice Fellowship
2013-2014 Across the Divide exhibition - SW OK State University, OK State University, Central Academy of Fine Arts
2010 Buffalo Big Orbit Gallery
Buffalo Infringement Festival
Hallwalls' Artists & Models
Celebration of Academic Excellence, UB
2009 Celebration of Academic Excellence, UB
2008 Photo Exhibition “My Reporting from New York”, NYC
AWARDS
2011 Silver Award
“Hula”,58 mins (2010)
Oregon Film Award 2011
Documentary Film Competition
Honorable Mention
“Hula”,58 mins (2010)
The Los Angeles New Wave International Film Festival 2011
Feature Documentary Category
2007 Second Place
“People Smuggling Grows Trendy in Village”
The Independent Press Association’s Ippies Awards 2007
Best Article on Immigrant Issues, Racial or Social Justice
First Place
“For Female Ticket Agents, a Life in the Cracks”
The Independent Press Association’s Ippies Awards 2007
Best Article on Labor Issues
2006 First Place
“Human Trafficking: A Form of Modern Slavery”
The First National Ethnic Media Awards 2006
New America Media, Women’s Issues
Second Place
“Human trafficking: A Form of Modern Slavery”
The Independent Press Association’s Ippies Awards 2006
Best Investigative/In-depth Story
Honorable Mention
“The Pitiful Lives of Deliverymen ”
The Independent Press Association’s Ippies Awards 2006
Best Article on Labor Issues
Top reporter of 2006
Singtao Newspaper Annual Awards
2005 First Place
“A Hundred People Sharing a Thousand Square Feet Rooms”
The Independent Press Association’s Ippies Awards 2005
Best Article on Immigrant Issues/Racial or Social Justice
2004 Honorable Mention
“Gangster Involved Chinatown Mini Bus Industry”
The Independent Press Association’s Ippies Awards 2004
Best Investigative News Story
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2008 New York Times, NEW YORK IN FOCUS
“Chinatown Chronicle” By Saki Knafo
2007 Hong Kong Travel Magazine
“Shining a Light”, Interview, America Journalism Review
DOCUMENTARY FILM
2015 Racing the Planet, 30 Mins
RTHK Programme "Exploring the Edible Planet" 30 mins
2013 Across the divide, 30 mins
2012 Routes, 12 half hour episodes
2010 Hula – A Story of an Iraqi Woman, 58 mins
Single Guy House, 7 mins
2009 One Nite @ CFA, 6 mins