The couple currently lives in Ojai, Calif., with their two dogs and three chickens. Zhao re-teamed with Richards once again for her upcoming Marvel blockbuster, Eternals - this time, as a camera operator. We were trying to write a movie and live in a van,” Richards told the New Yorker. “Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, Nevada. He and Zhao spent the summer of 2018 driving in a van - a Ford Transit named Akria - around the American West, scouting locations and meeting real nomads. Richards was intimately involved in the creation of Nomadland. After that film’s triumphant premiere at TIFF, Frances McDormand - who sneaked away from doing press for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri just to watch it - approached Zhao to adapt a book for a project she recently acquired. The Rider was the couple’s first major success, appearing on many of 2018’s top 10 lists. Richards adds to this aesthetic with his sweeping shots and intimate framing. Zhao is known for her hyper-realistic storytelling and often casts “non-actors” in her projects. On her journey, she'll encounter wandering minstrels, hostile townsfolk, and the fiery Kael, whose. Struggling to discover her purpose in life, Zoc finds a way of using her talents to help a flooded town. But somehow her extraordinary ability only ever seems to get her into trouble.

Pool/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images Zoc has an unusual gift: her hair attracts water, allowing her to drag huge quantities of it along behind her. “Chloé has an enormous capacity for people and their stories,” Richards told Vanity Fair. The couple also won the same three categories at this year’s Independent Spirit Awards, in addition to Best Editing. At the 74th British Academy Film Awards a few weeks ago, Zhao swept the Best Picture and Best Director categories, with Richards also taking home the trophy for Best Cinematography. Nomadland has been the toast of this year’s awards circuit.

This is the first time both are nominated in their respective categories at the Oscars, and though Richards lost in his category to Mank, Zhao won Best Director, making history as the first woman of color to take home the award. They’ve since made three films together, all directed by Zhao - Songs My Brother Taught Me, The Rider, and now Nomadland. Zhao and Richards both met as graduate students in NYU’s film program. Who is that guy on Chloé Zhao’s arm at the Oscars? It’s her longtime partner Joshua James Richards, who is also nominated for Best Cinematography for Nomadland.

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