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.
Keep Cool
(Poet Reader)
Red Sorghum
A Terra-Cotta Warrior
(General Meng Tianfang)
Making of House of Flying Daggers
(Self)
'Hero' Defined: A Look at the Epic Masterpiece
(Self)
Beauty and Pureness
知识改变命运
A Documentary About The Movie One Second
(Himself)
Cause: The Birth of Hero
(Himself)
Old Well
(孙旺泉)
Trespassing Bergman
(Self)
Bergman: A Year in a Life
(Self)
New Chinese Cinema
Zhang Yimou's "Shadow"
(Self)
The Big Parade
Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang
(Self)
My Country, My Parents
(TV Station Director (segment "Duck Prophet"))
Big Fish in China
(Self)
Secrets Within: Inside Look at 'Curse of the Golden Flower'
(Self)
极:《悬崖之上》电影纪录片
Behind the Opening Ceremony: The Director's Cut
(Self)
The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up
(Self)
奥运档案
(Self)
The Grand Mansion Gate
(李莲英)
Making of "The Flowers of War"
Golden Horse Awards
(Self)
Thirteen Talks
激荡·1978-2008
Zhang Yimou's 2008
Celebrity Talk Show
(张艺谋)
Hero
(Producer)
Hero
(Author)
Hero
(Director)
Curse of the Golden Flower
(Screenplay)
Curse of the Golden Flower
(Director)
Raise the Red Lantern
(Director)
The Road Home
(Director)
Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics Opening Ceremony
(Director)
House of Flying Daggers
(Producer)
House of Flying Daggers
(Director)
Beijing 2008 Olympic Opening Ceremony
(Director)
Not One Less
(Director)
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
(Director)
Ju Dou
(Director)
Red Sorghum
(Director)
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
(Director)
The Story of Qiu Ju
(Director)
Shanghai Triad
(Director)
Keep Cool
(Director)
Happy Times
(Director)
The Great Conqueror's Concubine
(Producer)
Under the Hawthorn Tree
(Director)
Making of House of Flying Daggers
(Producer)
Making of House of Flying Daggers
(Writer)
The Flowers of War
(Director)
Beijing 2022
(Executive Producer)
Dragon Town Story
(Producer)
Code Name: Cougar
(Director)
Coming Home
(Director)
The Big Parade
(Director of Photography)
Old Well
(Director of Photography)
Yellow Earth
(Director of Photography)
One And Eight
(Director of Photography)
The Red Elephant
(Director of Photography)
To Live
(Director)
Puccini: Turandot at the Forbidden City of Beijing
(Director)
Lumière & Company
(Director)
The Great Wall
(Director)
Lady of the Dynasty
(Director)
Beijing 2022 Olympic Opening Ceremony
(Director)
Beijing 2022 Olympics Closing Ceremony
(Director)
Full River Red
(Director)
To Each His Own Cinema
(Director)
Suddenly Seventeen
(Producer)
最忆是杭州
(Director)
Cliff Walkers 2
(Director)
Beijing 2008 Olympic Closing Ceremony
(Director)
Shadow
(Director)
Article 20
(Writer)
Full River Red
(Screenplay)
House of Flying Daggers
(Writer)
Zhang Yimou's Three-Body Problem Movie
(Director)
Article 20
(Director)
One Second
(Director)
One Second
(Writer)
Cliff Walkers
(Director)
Cliff Walkers
(Screenplay)
Under the Light
(Director)
Shadow
(Screenplay)
图兰朵:法兰西体育场
(Director)
My People, My Homeland
(Producer)
To Each His Own Cinema
(Writer)
Snipers
(Director)
Sunshine Thief
(Executive Producer)
Scare Out
(Director)
Forced Take-off
(Cinematography)
60th Anniversary Of Founding Of The People's Republic Of China
(Director)
Stories Through 180 Lenses
(Director)
The First Shot
(Producer)
主角
(Executive Producer)
激荡·1978-2008
(Creator)
主角
(Creator)