Zhou Hao (1968-) is a documentary film director, screenwriter and photojournalist. He used to work as a photojournalist for Xinhua News Agency and Southern Weekly. Zhou is concerned with social issues, and made photo reports on issues such as industrial pollution, and the Three Gorges dam. In 2001, Zhou began to try his hand at documentary filmmaking, and has made more than 20 films on issues ranging from Chinese internal migrant workers, left-behind children and the elderly, to environmental pollution. In 2006, his second documentary film Senior Year (about Chinese high school students preparing for university exams) was awarded the Humanitarian Award (Best Documentary) at the Hong Kong International Film Festival. In 2014 and 2015, his works Cotton (about China's cotton industry) and Datong (about the demolition and relocation policy in China) were awarded best documentaries at the 51st and 52nd Golden Horse Awards respectively.
