Zhang Yimou
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1950-04-02 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China
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
Acting
(2021)
My Country, My Parents
as TV Station Director (segment "Duck Prophet")
(2020)
A Documentary About The Movie One Second
as Himself
(2018)
Bergman: A Year in a Life
as Self
(2018)
Zhang Yimou's "Shadow"
as Self
(2017)
(2013)
Trespassing Bergman
as Self
(2004)
(2004)
(2004)
(2002)
Cause: The Birth of Hero
as Himself
(1999)
(1997)
Keep Cool
as Poet Reader
(1994)
Big Fish in China
as Self
(1989)
A Terra-Cotta Warrior
as General Meng Tianfang
(1989)
(1988)
(1987)
(1986)
Crew
Cliff Walkers 2
Director
Sunshine Thief
Executive Producer
Scare Out
Director
(2024)
Article 20
Writer, Director
(2023)
Beijing 2022
Executive Producer
(2023)
Full River Red
Director, Screenplay
(2023)
Under the Light
Director
(2022)
(2022)
(2022)
(2022)
Snipers
Director
(2021)
Cliff Walkers
Director, Screenplay
(2020)
One Second
Writer, Director
(2020)
My People, My Homeland
Producer
(2018)
Shadow
Director, Screenplay
(2016)
The Great Wall
Director
(2016)
Suddenly Seventeen
Producer
(2016)
最忆是杭州
Director
(2015)
Lady of the Dynasty
Director
(2014)
Coming Home
Director
(2011)
The Flowers of War
Director
(2010)
Under the Hawthorn Tree
Director
(2009)
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
Director
(2008)
(2008)
(2007)
To Each His Own Cinema
Director, Writer
(2007)
Movie Night
Director
(2006)
Curse of the Golden Flower
Director, Screenplay
(2005)
(2005)
图兰朵：法兰西体育场
Director
(2004)
House of Flying Daggers
Director, Producer, Writer
(2004)
Making of House of Flying Daggers
Writer, Producer
(2002)
Hero
Author, Director, Producer
(2000)
Happy Times
Director
(1999)
The Road Home
Director
(1999)
Not One Less
Director
(1999)
(1997)
Keep Cool
Director
(1997)
Dragon Town Story
Producer
(1995)
Shanghai Triad
Director
(1995)
Lumière & Company
Director
(1994)
The Great Conqueror's Concubine
Producer
(1994)
To Live
Director
(1992)
The Story of Qiu Ju
Director
(1991)
Raise the Red Lantern
Director
(1990)
Ju Dou
Director
(1989)
Code Name: Cougar
Director
(1988)
Red Sorghum
Director
(1987)
Old Well
Director of Photography
(1986)
The Big Parade
Director of Photography
(1984)
Yellow Earth
Director of Photography
(1983)
One And Eight
Director of Photography
(1982)
The Red Elephant
Director of Photography