Zhang Yimou

Zhang Yimou

  • Birthday: 1950-04-02
  • Place of birth: Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China
  • Also know as: Yimou Zhang

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Zhang Yimou, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.    

Filmography

Production

Old Well

1986

As Director of Photography

The Big Parade

1986

As Director of Photography

One And Eight

1983

As Director of Photography

The Red Elephant

1982

As Director of Photography

Yellow Earth

1984

As Director of Photography

Hero

2002

As Director

Raise the Red Lantern

1991

As Director

The Road Home

1999

As Director

House of Flying Daggers

2004

As Director

Not One Less

1999

As Director

Ju Dou

1990

As Director

Red Sorghum

1988

As Director

To Each His Own Cinema

2007

As Director

Shanghai Triad

1995

As Director

Keep Cool

1997

As Director

The Story of Qiu Ju

1992

As Director

Happy Times

2000

As Director

Under the Hawthorn Tree

2010

As Director

The Flowers of War

2011

As Director

Code Name: Cougar

1989

As Director

Coming Home

2014

As Director

Lumière and Company

1995

As Director

The Great Wall

2016

As Director

Shadow

2018

As Director

One Second

2020

As Director

Cliff Walkers

2021

As Director

Under the Light

2023

As Director

Snipers

2022

As Director

Lady of the Dynasty

2015

As Director

Full River Red

2023

As Director

Cliff Walkers 2

0000

As Director

Article 20

2024

As Director

To Live

1994

As Director

最忆是杭州

2016

As Director

Movie Night

2007

As Director

Hero

2002

As Producer

House of Flying Daggers

2004

As Producer

Suddenly Seventeen

2016

As Producer

My People, My Homeland

2020

As Producer

Dragon Town Story

1997

As Producer

Beijing 2022

2023

As Executive Producer

Hero

2002

As Author

Curse of the Golden Flower

2006

As Screenplay

One Second

2020

As Writer

Cliff Walkers

2021

As Screenplay

Shadow

2018

As Screenplay

To Each His Own Cinema

2007

As Writer

Full River Red

2023

As Screenplay

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