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Tsou Shih-ching

Tsou Shih-ching

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Biography

Shih-Ching Tsou is a Taiwan-born film producer and director. She was the co-creator of Take Out with Sean Baker, and produced Baker's films Tangerine, The Florida Project and Red Rocket. Her solo directorial debut, Left-Handed Girl, will premiere at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.

Known For

The Florida Project
7.4

The story of a precocious six year-old and her ragtag group of friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility and a sense of adventure while the adults around them struggle with hard times.

The Florida Project

2017
Red Rocket
6.8

After hitting rock bottom in Los Angeles, former porn star Mikey Saber returns to his hometown in Texas to stay with his estranged wife and mother-in-law. Just as tensions begin to ease, he becomes infatuated with a young doughnut shop worker named Strawberry.

Red Rocket

2021
Left-Handed Girl
7.3

A mother and her two daughters move to Taipei to open a noodle stand at a vibrant night market, but family secrets and tradition test their fresh start.

Left-Handed Girl

2025
Tangerine
6.9

It's Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee is back on the block. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend hasn't been faithful during the 28 days she was locked up, the working girl and her best friend, Alexandra, embark on a mission to get to the bottom of the scandalous rumor. Their rip-roaring odyssey leads them through various subcultures of Los Angeles, including an Armenian family dealing with their own repercussions of infidelity.

Tangerine

2015
Starlet
6.8

An unlikely friendship forms between 21 year-old Jane and the elderly Sadie after Jane discovers a hidden stash of money inside an object at Sadie's yard sale.

Starlet

2012
Take Out
7.0

An illegal Chinese immigrant falls behind on payments on an enormous smuggling debt. Ming Ding has only until the end of the day to come up with the money.

Take Out

2008
Merry F*cking Christmas: The Making of Tangerine
8.0

A feature-length documentary going behind-the-scenes on the making of the 2015 film Tangerine.

Merry F*cking Christmas: The Making of Tangerine

2022
Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project
8.3

An interesting featurette which has some good behind the scenes footage, including early location scouting, table reads and interactions with the often near out of control kids.

Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project

2018
Hi-Fi
6.5

A car drives through the streets and tunnels of New York City. On board, four teenagers talk, play, and flirt. An innocent joyride amongst friends? Right away the viewer understands that this is not just simple fun as the drugs get in the way.

Hi-Fi

2000
Four Letter Words
5.3

At the end of a summer night’s party, the immaturity quotient rises among a group of twenty-something guys as reputations are slurred and, of course, the anticipated drunken brawl ensues.

Four Letter Words

2000
Reflecting on “Take Out”
9.0

In this new documentary, produced by the Criterion Collection in 2022, directors Sean Baker and Shih-Ching Tsou and actors Charles Jang, Wang-Thye Lee, and Jeng-Hua Yu consider the making of the film and its importance in their lives since.

Reflecting on “Take Out”

2022
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In this documentary, produced by Sean Baker in 2009, the directors and actors of Take Out discuss making the film.

The Making of Take Out

2009