Zhang Yimou

Directing · Born 1950-04-02 in 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…

Filmography

• Red Sorghum
• Keep Cool as Junk Peddler
• A Terra-Cotta Warrior as General Meng Tianfang
• Making of House of Flying Daggers as Self
• A Documentary About The Movie One Second as Himself
• Cause: The Birth of Hero as Himself
• Old Well as 孙旺泉
• Trespassing Bergman as Self
• Bergman: A Year in a Life as Self
• The Big Parade

TV

• 极：《悬崖之上》电影纪录片
• Behind the Opening Ceremony: The Director's Cut as Self
• The Grand Mansion Gate as 李莲英
• Making of "The Flowers of War"
• Golden Horse Awards as Self
• Thirteen Talks
• 激荡·1978-2008
• Celebrity Talk Show as 张艺谋
• CCTV Spring Festival Gala