#TheWrapMagazine: Chloé Zhao on ‘Hamnet,’ Grief and Keeping Your Heart Open When the World Is Falling Apart #ChloéZhao didn’t set out to become a filmmaker. At least not at first. As an American politics major, she once imagined a future in policymaking before film school redirected her path and sparked the foundation of her visual storytelling. Today, with multiple critically acclaimed films and most recently #Hamnet earning eight Oscar nominations, along with creative collaborations alongside filmmakers such as #StevenSpielberg, Zhao remains guided by artistry above all. For her, each project is part of a spiritual evolution, unfolding like the four seasons of a creative garden, each phase necessary for what blooms next. “I feel as an artist, sometimes it’s easier to look outside: ‘What does the outside world need? Let’s produce that.’ Because it’s really hard to look inward. But what we need internally is the medicine the external world needs.” 🔗 Read the full interview at the ...