Zhang Yibai
- Directing
- May 9, 1963 · Chongqing, China
Biography
Zhang Xiaoling, better known by his stage name Zhang Yibai (simplified Chinese: 张一白; traditional Chinese: 張一白) (born 14 April 1963, in Chongqing, China) is a Chinese film director, screenwriter and producer. Zhang began his career in television and music videos before directing his debut, Spring Subway in 2002. Zhang, like many other modern Chinese directors, has focused primarily on life in modern Chinese cities. Spring Subway, for example, follows its protagonist as he wanders through Beijing's subway system, while the mystery-thriller Curiosity Killed the Cat follows its characters through the central China boomtown of Chongqing (also Zhang's hometown). His next two films, 2007's The Longest Night in Shanghai and 2008's Lost, Indulgence have seen the director's exposure and successes extending increasingly overseas. Longest Night, starring Zhao Wei, constitutes one of the first China-Japan coproductions, while Lost was selected to premiere at New York City's Tribeca Film Festival in 2008.
Known for
Filmography
- Invictus · Executive producer
- The Sun Rises on Us All · Thanks
- You're Here Anyway · Writer
- Return to Dust · Executive producer, Producer
- The Day We Lit Up The Sky · Director
- Detective Chinatown 3 · Head of Village
- My People, My Homeland · Associate Producer, Production Designer
- Run for Young · Director
- My People, My Country: Behind-The-Scenes · Self
- My People, My Country · Director
- Midnight Diner · Boxing Coach
- Kill Mobile · Executive producer
- Ash Is Purest White · First Man in Fengjie Restaurant
- Us and Them · Producer
- I Belonged to You · Director
- Love O2O · Man in Car, Producer
- Finding Mr. Right 2 · Jiao's father
- Run for Love · Director
- Mr. Nian · 校长 (Voice)
- Everybody's Fine · Scammer Playing Erhu
- Fleet of Time · Director, Producer
- But Always · Producer
- Forgetting to Know You
- Better and Better · Director
- Guns and Roses · Producer
- Sleepless Fashion
- Love on Credit · Producer
- Eternal Moment · Director, Producer
- The Message
- Looking for Jackie · Glasses Assistant Director
- Lost Indulgence · Writer, Director
- The Longest Night in Shanghai · Writer, Director
- Curiosity Kills the Cat · Director, Writer
- About Love · Director
- Kung Fu Hustle · Inspector Chan
- My Father and I · Male negotiator
- Spring Subway · Director
- 开心就好 · Director
- Cherish Our Love Forever · Director