Born
2 April 1950 (75)
Place of Birth
Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China
Also known as
Yimou Zhang, Yi-Mou Zhang
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 Festiva...
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.
Scare Out
2026
Article 20
2024
Under the Light
2023
Full River Red
2023
Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics Opening Ceremony
2022
🎬 Director
Beijing 2022 Olympics Closing Ceremony
2022
Beijing 2022 Olympic Opening Ceremony
2022
Snipers
2022
My Country, My Parents
2021
Cliff Walkers
2021
One Second
2020
A Documentary About The Movie One Second
2020
Zhang Yimou's "Shadow"
2018
Shadow
2018
Bergman: A Year in a Life
2018
Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang
2017
The Great Wall
2016
最忆是杭州
2016
Stories Through 180 Lenses
2014
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Coming Home
2014
Trespassing Bergman
2013
The Flowers of War
2011
Under the Hawthorn Tree
2010
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
2009
60th Anniversary Of Founding Of The People's Republic Of China
2009
🎬 Director
Beijing 2008 Olympic Closing Ceremony
2008
Beijing 2008 Olympic Opening Ceremony
2008
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
Secrets Within: Inside Look at 'Curse of the Golden Flower'
2007
Curse of the Golden Flower
2006
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
2005
图兰朵:法兰西体育场
2005
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Making of House of Flying Daggers
2004
'Hero' Defined: A Look at the Epic Masterpiece
2004
House of Flying Daggers
2004
Beauty and Pureness
2004
Hero
2002
Cause: The Birth of Hero
2002
Happy Times
2000
Not One Less
1999