Zhang Yimou
Directing
Born 1950-04-02
Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China
85 credits
BAFTA Awards 2
Golden Rooster Award for Best Director 3
Golden Lion 2
honorary doctor of Yale University 1
Awards
Won 2 BAFTA Awards
BAFTA Awards 2 won
- 1995 Best Film Not in the English Language Won To Live
- 1993 Best Film Not in the English Language Won Raise the Red Lantern
Golden Rooster Award for Best Director 3 won · 2 nominated
- 2004 Best Director Nominated
- 2003 Best Director Won Hero
- 2000 Best Director Won The Road Home
- 1999 Best Director Won Not One Less
- 1993 Best Director Nominated
European Film Award for Best Non-European Film 2 nominated
- 2004 Best Non-European Film Nominated House of Flying Daggers
- 1999 Best Non-European Film Nominated Not One Less
Golden Lion 2 won
- 1999 Golden Lion Won Not One Less
- 1992 Golden Lion Won The Story of Qiu Ju
honorary doctor of Yale University 1 won
- 2010 honorary doctor of Yale University Won
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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.
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Filmography
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Directing
37 credits
The Great Wall
Hero
To Live
Curse of the Golden Flower
House of Flying Daggers
Raise the Red Lantern
The Flowers of War
Red Sorghum
Shadow
The Story of Qiu Ju
Scare Out
The Road Home
Shanghai Triad
Under the Hawthorn Tree
Full River Red
Ju Dou
Cliff Walkers
Coming Home
Not One Less
To Each His Own Cinema
One Second
Lumière & Company
Lady of the Dynasty
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Snipers
Stories Through 180 Lenses
Article 20
Turandot
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
Keep Cool
Happy Times
Codename Cougar
Under the Light
Beijing 2022 Olympics Closing Ceremony
最忆是杭州
The Three-Body Problem
Beijing 2008 Olympic Closing Ceremony
Acting
14 credits
Golden Horse Awards
The Grand Mansion Gate
Celebrity Talk Show
The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up
My Country, My Parents
Lumière & Company
Trespassing Bergman
Bergman: A Year in a Life
A Terra-Cotta Warrior
Forced Take-off
Keep Cool
Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang
'Hero' Defined: A Look at the Epic Masterpiece
The Big Parade
Writing
11 credits
Hero
Curse of the Golden Flower
The Lead
House of Flying Daggers
Shadow
Scare Out
Full River Red
Cliff Walkers
To Each His Own Cinema
One Second
Article 20
Other credits
8 credits
Thirteen Talks
CMG Spring Festival Gala
One And Eight
Yellow Earth
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Zhang Yimou's 2008
The Big Parade
Producing
6 credits
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