Zhang Yimou
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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Movies (72)
Scare Out
2026 · Director, Writer
Article 20
2024 · Writer, Director
Under the Light
2023 · Director
Beijing 2022
2023 · Executive Producer
Full River Red
2023 · Director, Screenplay
Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics Opening Ceremony
2022 · Director
Beijing 2022 Olympics Closing Ceremony
2022 · Director
Beijing 2022 Olympic Opening Ceremony
2022 · Director
Snipers
2022 · Director
My Country, My Parents
2021 · TV Station Director (segment "Duck Prophet")
Cliff Walkers
2021 · Director, Screenplay
One Second
2020 · Director, 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
Zhang Yimou's "Shadow"
2018 · Self
Shadow
2018 · Director, Screenplay
Bergman: A Year in a Life
2018 · Self
Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang
2017 · Self
La Gran Muralla
2016 · Director
Suddenly Seventeen
2016 · Producer
最忆是杭州
2016 · Director
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
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
Beijing 2008 Olympic Closing Ceremony
2008 · Director
Beijing 2008 Olympic Opening Ceremony
2008 · Director
To Each His Own Cinema
2007 · Director, Writer
Secrets Within: Inside Look at 'Curse of the Golden Flower'
2007 · Self
Curse of the Golden Flower
2006 · Director, Screenplay
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
2005 · Director
图兰朵：法兰西体育场
2005 · Director
Turandot
2005 · Director
Making of House of Flying Daggers
2004 · Self, Writer, Producer
'Hero' Defined: A Look at the Epic Masterpiece
2004 · Self
House of Flying Daggers
2004 · Director, Producer, Writer
Beauty and Pureness
2004
Hero
2002 · Director, Producer, Writer
Cause: The Birth of Hero
2002 · Himself
Happy Times
2000 · Director
Not One Less
1999 · Director
The Road Home
1999 · Director
Puccini: Turandot at the Forbidden City of Beijing
1999 · Director
知识改变命运
1999
Dragon Town Story
1997 · Producer
Keep Cool
1997 · Junk Peddler, Director
Lumière & Company
1995 · Self, Director
Shanghai Triad
1995 · Director
Big Fish in China
1994 · Self
The Great Conqueror's Concubine: Part I
1994 · Producer
To Live
1994 · Director
The Story of Qiu Ju
1992 · Director
Raise the Red Lantern
1991 · Director
Ju Dou
1990 · Director
A Terra-Cotta Warrior
1989 · General Meng Tianfang
Codename Cougar
1989 · Director
New Chinese Cinema
1989
Red Sorghum
1988 · Director
The Big Parade
1986 · Military Official, Director of Photography
Old Well
1986 · 孙旺泉, Director of Photography
Forced Take-off
1984 · Cinematography
Yellow Earth
1984 · Director of Photography
One And Eight
1983 · Director of Photography
The Red Elephant
1982 · Director of Photography
Cliff Walkers 2
· Director
The Three-Body Problem
· Director
Sunshine Thief
· Executive Producer
TV shows (15)
The Lead
2026 · Executive Producer, Creator
The First Shot
2024 · Producer
Behind the Opening Ceremony: The Director's Cut
2022 · Self
极：《悬崖之上》电影纪录片
2021
The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up
2018 · Self
Thirteen Talks
2016
Making of "The Flowers of War"
2011
Zhang Yimou's 2008
2009
奥运档案
2009 · Self
激荡·1978-2008
2008
The Grand Mansion Gate
2001 · 李莲英
Celebrity Talk Show
1989 · 张艺谋
CMG Spring Festival Gala
1983
Golden Horse Awards
1962 · Self
Festival de Cine de San Sebastián
· Self (video)