Zhang Yimou

Known for DirectingBorn 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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Lead

Celebrity Talk Show

Thirteen Talks

The Grand Mansion Gate

Forced Take-off

Beijing 2008 Olympic Closing Ceremony

Golden Horse Awards

Making of "The Flowers of War"

The First Shot

最忆是杭州

To Live

Puccini: Turandot at the Forbidden City of Beijing

Beijing 2008 Olympic Opening Ceremony

The Great Conqueror's Concubine: Part I

Beijing 2022 Olympic Opening Ceremony

Under the Hawthorn Tree

Cause: The Birth of Hero

Raise the Red Lantern

Bergman: A Year in a Life

The Flowers of War

Hero

Keep Cool

One Second

The Road Home

Not One Less

Coming Home

Suddenly Seventeen

House of Flying Daggers

Behind the Opening Ceremony: The Director's Cut

The Story of Qiu Ju

Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles

Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang

Snipers

Article 20

Ju Dou

Happy Times

Scare Out

Yellow Earth

Red Sorghum

Old Well

Curse of the Golden Flower

Cliff Walkers

Shadow

Making of House of Flying Daggers

Trespassing Bergman

Shanghai Triad

Beijing 2022 Olympics Closing Ceremony

To Each His Own Cinema