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