Gabriel Chao Ren

Actor / Commercial
Age Range

45—55

Height

180cm

Eye Colour

Brown

Hair Colour

Salt & Pepper

Ethnicity

Chinese / Asian

Based In

Auckland, New Zealand

Gabriel Chao Ren

Artist Resume

Television

Year
Role
Production

2022

Tse Chi Lop

Far North

South Pacific Pictures / White Balance

Dir. David White

2022

Peter Wu

Homebound 3.0 (Season 1)

Kevin & Co

2022

Takeaway Owner

Kura (Season 3)

Plus6Four Entertainment for TVNZ ONDEMAND

Dir. Vince McMillan

2008

Screenwriter - Winner of the Award of Excellent Screenplay Competition of Bureau of Radio.

Loyalty Is Always Wordless (30 Episodes TV Series)

Film & Television of Beijing Municipal Government, China

Dir. Gabriel Chao Ren

2006

Producer, Director and Screenwriter

Comedy Superstar Factory (22 episodes Comedy TV Show)

Tianjin Television (TJTV), Tianjin, China

Dir. Gabriel Chao Ren

2003

Producer, Director, Screenwriter

Weekend Watcher (7 episodes TV Show)

Beijing, Television (BTV), Beijing, China

Dir. Gabriel Chao Ren

Feature Film

Year
Role
Production

2023

Doctor Chiu

Tinā

Dir. Miki Magasiva

2006

Screenwriter

Summer in the Mountains (120min Feature Film)

Tianjin Film Studio, Tianjin, China

Dir. Gabriel Chao Ren

2006

Screenwriter

Taking Thief As Son (110min Feature Film)

China Movie Channel (CCTV-6), Beijing, China

Dir. Gabriel Chao Ren

2006

Director, Screenwriter and Actor

Pain of Trust (95min Feature Film)

China Movie Channel (CCTV-6)

Dir. Gabriel Chao Ren

2002

First Assistant Director

My Bittersweet Taiwan

Beijing Film Studio of China Film Group, China Movie Channel (CCTV-6), Youth Film Studio of Beijing

Dir. Gabriel Chao Ren

Short Film

Year
Role
Production

2022

Phil (Lead)

Last Words

2022

Mr Liu (Lead)

Da Bai

2021

Fr Gabriel (Lead)

Exorcise and Subscribe

48Hours Competition

Dir. Gabriel Chao Ren

2004

Producer, Director, Screenwriter and Actor

15'00"00 (Master degree Short Film)

Beijing Film Academy

Dir. Gabriel Chao Ren

Theatre

Year
Role
Production

2008

Producer and Director

Theatre Acting And Directing (300min Online Course)

Beijing FilmAcademy and Central Drama Academy, Beijing, China

Dir. Gabriel Chao Ren

Commercial

Year
Role
Production

2024

Executive

Whittaker's 'Whispered' Campaign

Flying Fish

Dir. Jesse James McElroy

2023

Barber Shop Neighbour

BNZ Home Loan Campaign

Ruskin

2004

Executive Producer

Going Home & Sister-In-Law (10min 35mm TVCs)

Beijing Municipal Government, and Youth Film Studio of Beijing Film Academy

Dir. Gabriel Chao Ren

Documentary

Year
Role
Production

2008

Sparks Of The First Meeting

Embassy of the Kingdom of Belgium in Beijing, China

Dir. Gabriel Chao Ren

2001

Producer and Director

Three Tenors' Forbidden City Concert

China Central Television (CCTV), Beijing, China

Dir. Gabriel Chao Ren

Other

Year
Role
Production

2023

Senior Lecturer in Film Production and Film Studies

New Zealand Film Academy

Australian Technical and Management College New Zealand (ATMC NZ)

2019

Professor in Film Production and Film Studies, and Head of Institute

Film & Screen Research Institute

Qingdao Huanghai University, China

2018

Associate Professor in Film Production and Film Studies

School of Literature, Journalism, and Communication

Hanshan Normal University, China

2017

Founder and Lecturer

Palmerston North Short Film Production Workshops

Creative New Zealand and Palmerston North City Council

Training

Year
Role
Production

2019

Doctor of Philosophy in Communication & Media (Film) Studies

School of Humanities & Griffith Film School

2005

Master of Arts in Film Directing and Film Studies

Department of Directing, Beijing Film Academy, China

1997

Bachelor of Arts in Film & Theatre Acting and Theatre Studies

Department of Theatre, Shandong University of Arts, China