Chao Te-yin (Chinese: 趙德胤; pinyin: Zhào Déyìn; 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, which he called a "historical moment".
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Biography from TMDB.
- December 18, 1982 (43)
- Lashio, Shan State, Myanmar
- Director, writer and producer
- 3 on MovieCove · 22 credits in all
What are Midi Z's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Power.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 2
Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 3
A split, not a type: Grounded 1 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 2
Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 2
A split, not a type: Steady 1 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 3
Resolved 0 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Midi Z's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Midi Z's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
22 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page.
Nighttime Sounds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Cherry Ferry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
The Unseen Sister (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
The Clinic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Bad Education(2022)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Nina Wu(2019)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all filmsThe Making of (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
QUAN MA HE (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
14 Apples (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
The Road to Mandalay(2016)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
City of Jade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Jade Miners (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Motorcycle Driver (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Ice Poison (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
The Palace on the Sea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Letters from the South (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Silent Asylum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Taipei Factory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Poor Folk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Return to Burma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Goodbye! Taiwan！ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
The Exiles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 22 titles, 21 of them dated from 2009 to 2025.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.
How do Midi Z's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 56th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 58th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 3 titles divides audiences: 2 are Broadly Agreed.
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Broadly Agreed2
Reviewers score the atmosphere 78/100 and the pacing 52/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Midi Z work with?
People who share at least 2 of Midi Z's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ke-Xi Wu shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Ke-Xi WuShared titles: Nina Wu (2019), The Road to Mandalay (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Ke-Xi Wu
Composers and editors
- Giong LimShared titles: Nina Wu (2019), The Road to Mandalay (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Giong Lim
- Matthieu LaclauShared titles: Nina Wu (2019), The Road to Mandalay (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Matthieu Laclau
Producers
- Yao-zong KoShared titles: Bad Education (2022), Nina Wu (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Yao-zong Ko
Mixed roles
- Kai KoShared titles: Bad Education (2022), The Road to Mandalay (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Kai Ko
- Shin-Hong WangShared titles: Nina Wu (2019), The Road to Mandalay (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Shin-Hong Wang
