FIND & REPLACE FILMS was founded in 2015 by director/actor Ming-Zhu Hii.
Having worked in the Australian film, television and theatre industries for 20 years as an actor and writer/director, Ming-Zhu's screen-based practice was born of the increasing urgency she felt to forge a slate of original, female-driven cinematic stories that are at once as exquisite, subtle and intelligent, as they are mysterious, thrilling, and artistically rigorous.
Believing deeply that the way we create screen-based worlds informs the culture we live in, it is our aim to push cinematic storytelling into exciting, complex and challenging places - in a way that speaks to audiences who are drawn to compelling and sophisticated narrative, along with a fearless and unflinching interrogation of the cultural status quo.
BIOGRAPHY
Ming-Zhu Hii’s directing work includes the award-winning short film INTRUSION; the 2016 short film CLOSE OBSERVATIONS OF A SINGLE SUBJECT, live works, UNTIL THEN, THEN & THIS IS BEAUTIFUL & the critically acclaimed ATTRACT/REPEL. Ming-Zhu is also well known in Australia for her work as an actor. Recent tv credits include the recurring role of “Dr. Rebecca Aldridge” on NBC’s hit blockbuster, LA BREA; series regular, “Detective Snr. Sgt. Mila Bronski” on Network Nine’s HALIFAX RETRIBUTION; as well as regular and recurring appearances THE EX-PM and NEWTON’S LAW, MAD AS HELL, GET KRACK!N and SISTERS. Feature film appearances include THAT’S NOT ME, UPGRADE & PETER RABBIT. Ming-Zhu's work as a filmmaker frequently concerns questions of moral compromise in a predatory world, the body as symbol & vessel for objectification and a site of violence, social diversity and internalised racism, cycles of trauma, and what it means to be a woman working within the patriarchy. Ming-Zhu was the 2018/19 Director in Residence at Malthouse Theatre, and is currently in development on two feature films: THE FASHION DIRECTOR and NIGHT CLASS.