Zicheng is from Beijing. He graduated from the School of Cinematic Arts of the University of Southern California with an MFA degree in Film Production. Before that, he attended the University of Minnesota Twin Cities to study psychology and sociology, during which time he started making music, writing poems, and making short films. He believes in the poetic and emotional quality of cinema. He published his first poetry anthology Fleeting Years in 2014, and his short film The Sound That Remains has been awarded Best Student Film and screened in London by London Independent Film Awards in 2017. His latest short film A Sunburnt Summer has been selected to screen at NewFilmmakers LA in June 2020, Be Epic London International Film Festival in August 2020, and awarded the 2nd Place Best Short Film, Best Actress, Audience Award, and nominated for Best Director in The Monthly Film Festival in June 2020.