Zhang Yimou

Director

Born: April 2, 1950 (age 76)
From: 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 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…

Filmography (59)

Scare Out (2026)
Director
Article 20 (2024)
Director
Under the Light (2023)
Director
Full River Red (2023)
Director
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
One Second (2020)
Director
A Documentary About The Movie One Second (2020)
Himself
Zhang Yimou's "Shadow" (2018)
Self
Shadow (2018)
Director
Bergman: A Year in a Life (2018)
Self
Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang (2017)
Self
The Great Wall (2016)
Director
最忆是杭州 (2016)
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
Secrets Within: Inside Look at 'Curse of the Golden Flower'
Secrets Within: Inside Look at 'Curse of the Golden Flower' (2007)
Self
Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)
Director