About the Director
Ma Chao trained at MOPA, the French animation school, and has worked in animated film for 15 years, contributing to core content, storyboards and art on films including Monster Hunt, Kung Fu Panda 3 and Minions: The Rise of Gru. His original film projects as director, Flying Squirrel Agent and Bad Jade Rabbit, were funded and produced by iQIYI and Huayi Brothers. In 2021 he founded Chaoxiang Animation Studio in Beijing, focusing on developing original animated features. Ma Chao has a global outlook on film, experience in creating commercial genre content, and command of the full CG animation pipeline.