Zhang Yimou
- Directing
- April 2, 1950 · Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China
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, Creator
- Scare Out · Director, Writer
- The First Shot · Producer
- Article 20 · Writer, Director
- Under the Light · Director
- Beijing 2022 · Executive producer
- Full River Red · Director, Screenplay
- 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")
- 极：《悬崖之上》电影纪录片
- Cliff Walkers · Director, Screenplay
- One Second · Director, Screenplay
- A Documentary About The Movie One Second · Self
- My People, My Homeland · Producer
- 庆祝中华人民共和国成立70周年联欢活动 · Director
- The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up · Self
- Zhang Yimou's "Shadow" · Self
- Shadow · Director, Screenplay
- 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, Writer
- Secrets Within: Inside Look at 'Curse of the Golden Flower' · Self
- Curse of the Golden Flower · Director, Screenplay
- Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles · Director
- 图兰朵：法兰西体育场 · Director
- Turandot · Director
- Making of House of Flying Daggers · Self, Writer
- 'Hero' Defined: A Look at the Epic Masterpiece · Self
- House of Flying Daggers · Director, Producer
- Beauty and Pureness
- Hero · Director, Producer
- Cause: The Birth of Hero · Self
- The Grand Mansion Gate · 李莲英
- Happy Times · Director
- Not One Less · Director
- The Road Home · Director
- Puccini: Turandot at the Forbidden City of Beijing · Director
- 知识改变命运
- Dragon Town Story · Producer
- Keep Cool · Junk Peddler, Director
- Lumière & Company · Self, Director
- Shanghai Triad · Director
- Big Fish in China · Self
- The Great Conqueror's Concubine: Part I · Producer
- To Live · Director
- The Story of Qiu Ju · Director
- Raise the Red Lantern · Director
- Ju Dou · Director
- A Terra-Cotta Warrior · General Meng Tianfang
- Codename Cougar · Director
- New Chinese Cinema
- Celebrity Talk Show · 张艺谋
- Red Sorghum · Director
- The Big Parade · Military Official, Cinematography
- Old Well · 孙旺泉, Cinematography
- Forced Take-off · Cinematography
- Yellow Earth · Cinematography
- CMG Spring Festival Gala