Theo Zhu

Films & other work

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Short films and the other things I make, charted like a night sky. Every film is a star.

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  1. A street corner at night, the building wrapped in scaffolding, with neon signs and lit shopfronts below and a car passing.
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    Untitled (Scaffolding)

    2026 · Director · Cinematographer

    A city wrapped in bamboo and neon, still awake at midnight.

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  2. Black-and-white still of three people on a sofa, each holding a swirl lollipop over their mouth.
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    Untitled (Lollipops)

    2025 · Director

    Three strangers on a sofa, and the sweet things we hide behind.

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  3. A boy in pajamas sits cross-legged on a bedroom floor, building a sculpture out of tinfoil, forks and pipe cleaners.
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    Untitled (Tinfoil)

    2024 · Director

    A boy builds something out of foil and pipe cleaners after everyone has gone to bed.

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Beyond film

Other work

Constellation's app icon, a coral four-point star linked by gold lines to four smaller gold stars on a navy sky.

iPad app · 2026

Constellation

Handwritten mind maps on an infinite canvas, drawn as a star chart. Ideas become stars, links become constellation lines, and you can rewind to watch your sky fill in.

Design tool · 2026

Constellation Studio

Draw your phone's app icons as constellations, color each home screen row, and make a matching moonlit wallpaper and widgets.

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