Chao Thao
Los Angeles

Chao
Thao

Creative Producer & Director

10+ years of production
film, TV, campaigns, and education
Netflix productions, Sony Pictures, USC

Creative Studio

Tiger Bite
Revolution

Stories with teeth.
Technology with heart.

Projects Selected
In DevelopmentDocumentary · Immersive VR

The Baba Project

An immersive VR project exploring memory, caregiving, and grief. Informed by lived experience.

Enter the room
Heart 01 DeliveredDocumentary memory art · Web

The Heavy Hearts Club

Real words, real objects. Each heart holds one real person's actual words — Heart 01 is the first.

Enter the heart Visit the club
PrototypeAI character

Auntie Tiger Bite

A character prototype rooted in Hmong culture — an auntie who feels familiar, built for everyday life.

Enter the kitchen Case study
The Book
of Mai
In DevelopmentFiction anthology · VR

The Book of Mai

An anthology of fiction drawn from Hmong fairytales and folklore. Taking shape.

Writing Frameworks & field notes
The Filmmaker's AI Decision KitWhere AI helps · where humans stay Producing in the GenAI EraA working draft Auntie Tiger Bite — Case StudyCharacter, voice, safeguards
Production Reel Campaign + Film/TV
Selected Production WorkSony Pictures · USC · episodic & campaign work
Let's talk.

A role, a project, an idea — I'd love to hear it.

chao@chaothao.com