Known For
Directing
Born
Apr 02, 1950
Place of Birth
Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China
Credits
84 titles
Zhang Yimou
Biography
Zhang Yimou (born November 14, 1950 or 1951) is a Chinese film director, producer, writer and actor, and former cinematographer. He is counted amongst the Fifth Generation of Chinese filmmakers, having made his directorial debut in 1987 with Red Sorghum. Zhang has won numerous awards and recognitions, with Best Foreign Film nominations for Ju Dou in 1990 and Raise the Red Lantern in 1991, Silver Lion and Golden Lion prizes at the Venice Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. One of Zhang's recurrent themes is the resilience of Chinese people in the face of hardship and adversity, a theme which has been explored in such films as, for example, To Live (1994) and Not One Less (1999). His films are particularly noted for their rich use of colour, as can be seen in some of his early films, like Raise the Red Lantern, and in his wuxia films like Hero and House of Flying Daggers.
Known For
Filmography
The Lead
Executive Producer
Scare Out
Director
The First Shot
Producer
Article 20
Writer
Under the Light
Director
Beijing 2022
Executive Producer
Full River Red
Director
Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics Opening Ceremony
Director
Beijing 2022 Olympics Closing Ceremony
Director
Behind the Opening Ceremony: The Director's Cut
Self
Beijing 2022 Olympic Opening Ceremony
Director
Snipers
Director
My Country, My Parents
TV Station Director (segment "Duck Prophet")
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Cliff Walkers
Director
One Second
Director
A Documentary About The Movie One Second
Himself
My People, My Homeland
Producer
The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up
Self
Zhang Yimou's "Shadow"
Self
Shadow
Director
Bergman: A Year in a Life
Self
Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang
Self
The Great Wall
Director
Suddenly Seventeen
Producer
最忆是杭州
Director
Thirteen Talks
Lady of the Dynasty
Co-Director
Stories Through 180 Lenses
Director
Coming Home
Director
Trespassing Bergman
Self
The Flowers of War
Director
Making of "The Flowers of War"
Under the Hawthorn Tree
Director
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
Director
60th Anniversary Of Founding Of The People's Republic Of China
Director
Zhang Yimou's 2008
奥运档案
Self
激荡·1978-2008
Beijing 2008 Olympic Closing Ceremony
Director
Beijing 2008 Olympic Opening Ceremony
Director
To Each His Own Cinema
Director
Secrets Within: Inside Look at 'Curse of the Golden Flower'
Self
Curse of the Golden Flower
Director
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Director
图兰朵：法兰西体育场
Director
Making of House of Flying Daggers
Self
'Hero' Defined: A Look at the Epic Masterpiece
Self
House of Flying Daggers
Director
Beauty and Pureness