SQUARE
MENG-CHEN
JAO
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
ART DIRECTOR
SET DECORATOR
LOS ANGELES
TAIPEI
BEIJING
cell +886 917 785 072
email squarejao@icloud.com
url squarejao.com
Filmography
Production Designer
BenQ
2015 / Commercial / Taiwan
Belive your belief
2015 / Music video / Taiwan
bandzo app
2015 / Commerical / Taiwan
Victimville
2014 / 27min / Tomas Derr / USA /
2014 / 27min / Iz Gutierrez / USA /
Veritas
2013 / 15min / David Selinger / USA /
Accidents
2013 / 5min / Remii Huang / USA /
Bon Appetit
2013 / 15min / Ota Hsieh / USA
Helen of Troy
2012 / 15min / Shayna Cohen / USA
(Greenville International Film Festival,
New York City Independent Film Festival)
2012 / 15min / Iz Gutierrez / USA
Poster Girl
2012 / 15min / Charlie Hu / USA
Sun Dance (CinéGlobe2010 to be
nominated)
2010 / 07min / Molly Lin / Taiwan
Love - Roomie
2011 / Music Video / Taiwan
Time Return - MP
2010 /Music Video / Taiwan
Stone - Jam Hsiao
2010 /Music Video / Taiwan
Far away - Angela Chang
2010 / Music Video / Taiwan
City - Desert Chang
2009 / Music Video / Taiwan
About I love you - Desert Chang
2009 / Music Video / Taiwan
Near Future -Sodagreen
2009 / Music Video / Taiwan
Production Designer
Love&Bread - Quarterback
2008 / Music Video / Taiwan
Duroyal Ice Cream
2008 / Press conference / Taiwan
Art Director
Born to Die
2013 / 15min /Jeremy Chen / USA
Wonderful Day
2010 / 30min / Fu-Hsiang Hsu / Taiwan
Z046
2009 / 20min / Fu-Hsiang Hsu / Taiwan
Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2009
Best Asian Short Film
Coke Zero
2008 / Commercial / Taiwan
Minute Maid
2008 / Commercial / Taiwan
Farglory Group Real Estate
2008 / Commercial / Taiwan
Chai Li Won ( Green Tea )
2008 / Commercial / Taiwan
Sick - Yoga Lin
2008 / Music Video / Taiwan
Moon Bay - F.I.R
2007 / Music Video / Taiwan
Fly - Cindy Wang
2007 / Music Video / Taiwan
Gloden Life
2007 / Commercial / Taiwan
Art Department
The Great Wall
2016 / 103mins / Yimou Zhang / China, USA
D-TEC
2014 / 45min / Stephen Interrante / USA
Close to You
2010 / 120min / Cheng Hsiao Tse / Taiwan
R U There
2010 / 90min / David Verbeek / Netherlands
Education
2012-2014 Chapman University, Orange, CA — Master of Fine Arts in Production Design
2006-2007 Fotosoft Institute of Photography, Taipei, Taiwan — Certificate in Professional Photographer
2002-2006 Fu-Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan — Bachelor of Fine Arts in Mass Communications
Skills
Computer skills: SketchUp Pro, Podium, Vectorworks 2013, Adobe Photoshop CS6, Illustrator CS6
Special skills: Model Building, Freehand sketch, Costume Construction, Digital Photography, Truck driving
Language: English, Mandarin, Taiwanese.