Zhang Yimou
Directing · Born 1950-04-02 · age 76 · Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China
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.
Titles
The Great Wall
Hero
House of Flying Daggers
The Flowers of War
Curse of the Golden Flower
Raise the Red Lantern
Shadow
To Live
Red Sorghum
The Road Home
Coming Home
Not One Less
Ju Dou
Full River Red
The Story of Qiu Ju
Under the Hawthorn Tree
To Each His Own Cinema
One Second
Cliff Walkers
Shanghai Triad
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
Lumière & Company
Keep Cool
Yellow Earth
Happy Times
Article 20
Snipers
My People, My Homeland
Under the Light
Beijing 2008 Olympic Opening Ceremony
Suddenly Seventeen
A Terra-Cotta Warrior
My Country, My Parents
Lady of the Dynasty
Old Well
Scare Out
The Grand Mansion Gate
Codename Cougar
One And Eight
The First Shot
Dragon Town Story
The Great Conqueror's Concubine: Part I
Beijing 2022 Olympic Opening Ceremony
The Big Parade
Making of House of Flying Daggers
CMG Spring Festival Gala
The Lead
Beijing 2008 Olympic Closing Ceremony
Thirteen Talks
Puccini: Turandot at the Forbidden City of Beijing
Celebrity Talk Show
Making of "The Flowers of War"
Beijing 2022 Olympics Closing Ceremony
极：《悬崖之上》电影纪录片
Forced Take-off
最忆是杭州
The Red Elephant
激荡·1978-2008
Beauty and Pureness