Zhang Yimou
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday2 April 1950 (76 years old)
Place of birthXi'an, Shaanxi Province, China
Known credits86
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 Lead
2026 · Executive Producer
The Lead
2026 · Creator
Scare Out
2026 · Director
Scare Out
2026 · Writer
The First Shot
2024 · Producer
Article 20
2024 · Writer
Article 20
2024 · Director
Under the Light
2023 · Director
Beijing 2022
2023 · Executive Producer
Full River Red
2023 · Director
Full River Red
2023 · Screenplay
Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics Opening Ceremony
2022 · Director
Beijing 2022 Olympics Closing Ceremony
2022 · Director
Behind the Opening Ceremony: The Director's Cut
2022 · Self
Beijing 2022 Olympic Opening Ceremony
2022 · Director
Snipers
2022 · Director
My Country, My Parents
2021 · TV Station Director (segment "Duck Prophet")
极：《悬崖之上》电影纪录片
2021
Cliff Walkers
2021 · Director
Cliff Walkers
2021 · Screenplay
One Second
2020 · Director
One Second
2020 · Screenplay
A Documentary About The Movie One Second
2020 · Himself
My People, My Homeland
2020 · Producer
庆祝中华人民共和国成立70周年联欢活动
2019 · Director
The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up
2018 · Self
Zhang Yimou's "Shadow"
2018 · Self
Shadow
2018 · Director
Shadow
2018 · Screenplay
Bergman: A Year in a Life
2018 · Self
Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang
2017 · Self
The Great Wall
2016 · Director
Suddenly Seventeen
2016 · Producer
最忆是杭州
2016 · Director
Thirteen Talks
2016
Lady of the Dynasty
2015 · Co-Director
Stories Through 180 Lenses
2014 · Director
Coming Home
2014 · Director
Trespassing Bergman
2013 · Self
The Flowers of War
2011 · Director
Making of "The Flowers of War"
2011
Under the Hawthorn Tree
2010 · Director
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
2009 · Director
60th Anniversary Of Founding Of The People's Republic Of China
2009 · Director
Zhang Yimou's 2008
2009
奥运档案
2009 · Self
激荡·1978-2008
2008
Beijing 2008 Olympic Closing Ceremony
2008 · Director
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