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Zhang Yimou

Film Director / Actor / Screenwriter / Film Producer / Cinematographer | * 11/14/1951 (72) | Xi'an, Shaanxi (People's Republic of China)
Zhang Yimou (Chinese: 张艺谋; pinyin: Zhāngyìmóu; born 14 November 1951) is a Chinese film director, producer, writer, actor, professor and former cinematographer. Considered a key figure of China's Fifth Generation filmmakers, he made his directorial debut in 1988 with Red Sorghum, which won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. Zhang has won numerous awards and recognitions, with three Academy Awards nominations for Best Foreign Language Film for Ju Dou in 1990, Raise the Red Lantern in 1991, and Hero in 2003; a Silver Lion, two Golden Lion prizes and the Glory to the Filmmaker Award at the Venice Film Festival; Grand Jury Prize, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and Technical Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival; the Golden Bear, the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the Berlin International Film Festival. In 1993, he was a member of the jury at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival. Zhang directed the op... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | Comedies

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Awards & Nominations for Zhang Yimou

Asian Film Award for Lifetime Achievement 3x Golden Rooster Award for Best Director Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor Fukuoka Prize Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival) Golden Bear Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize Silver Lion 2x Golden Lion 2x BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language Honorary Doctor of The Yale University 5x Golden Rooster Award for Best Director Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor 2x European Film Award for Best Non-European Film
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Movies with Zhang Yimou as Actor(13)

Movies with Zhang Yimou as Crew(57)

Directing/Director2024 Article 20
Directing/Director2023 Cliff Walkers 2
Directing/Director2023 Full River Red
Writing/Screenplay2023 Full River Red
Directing/Director2023 Under the Light
Directing/Director2022 Sharpshooter
Directing/Director2021 Cliff Walkers
Writing/Screenplay2021 Cliff Walkers
Production/Producer2020 My People, My Homeland
Directing/Director2020 One Second
Writing/Writer2020 One Second
Directing/Director2018 Shadow
Writing/Screenplay2018 Shadow
Directing/Director2016 The Great Wall
Production/Producer2015 Suddenly Seventeen
Directing/Director2015 Lady of the Dynasty
Directing/Director2014 Coming Home
Directing/Director2011 The Flowers of War
Directing/Director2010 Under the Hawthorn Tree
Directing/Director2009 A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
Directing/Director2007 To Each His Own Cinema
Writing/Writer2007 To Each His Own Cinema
Directing/Director2006 Curse of the Golden Flower
Writing/Screenplay2006 Curse of the Golden Flower
Directing/Director2004 House of Flying Daggers
Production/Producer2004 House of Flying Daggers
Writing/Author2004 House of Flying Daggers
Directing/Director2004 Making of House of Flying Daggers
Production/Producer2004 Making of House of Flying Daggers
Directing/Director2002 Hero
Production/Producer2002 Hero
Writing/Author2002 Hero
Directing/Director2000 Happy Times
Directing/Director1999 Not One Less
Directing/Director1999 The Road Home
Production/Producer1997 Dragon Town Story
Directing/Director1997 Keep Cool
Directing/Director1995 Shanghai Triad
Directing/Director1995 Lumière and Company
Production/Producer1994 The Great Conqueror's Concubine
Directing/Director1994 To Live
Directing/Director1992 The Story of Qiu Ju
Directing/Director1991 Raise the Red Lantern
Directing/Director1990 Ju Dou
Directing/Director1989 Code Name: Cougar
Directing/Director1988 Red Sorghum
Camera/Director of Photography1986 Old Well
Camera/Director of Photography1986 The Big Parade
Camera/Director of Photography1984 Yellow Earth
Camera/Director of Photography1983 One And Eight
Camera/Director of Photography1982 The Red Elephant

Full Name: Yimou Zhang
Born: Wednesday, 11/14 1951 (November) in Xi'an, Shaanxi (People's Republic of China) (current age: 72 years + 136 days)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Languages: Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Educated at: Beijing Film Academy
Other names for Zhang Yimou (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Yimou Zhang"
"Yi-Mou Zhang"
"張藝謀"
"张艺谋"
"張芸謀"
"チャン・イーモウ" (Kana/Japanese)
"장이머우"
"장예모"
"Чжан Имоу"
"Имоу Чжан"
Zhang Yimou frequently works together with these people:
Xiaoding Zhao (17x, Crew)
Zhang Weiping (12x, Crew)
Gong Li (11x, Actress)
Cao Juiping (10x, Crew)
Zhang Ziyi (8x, Actress)
Du Yuan (8x, Crew)
Takeshi Kitano (7x, Actor)
Mo Zhang (7x, Crew)
Tong Huamiao (6x, Crew)
William Kong (6x, Crew)
Zhang Yi (6x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:10580, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 03/26/2024