Zhang Yimou

Q: Has Zhang Yimou won any awards?

Yes, Zhang Yimou has received numerous awards, including the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival for 'Red Sorghum' in 1988.

Q: What was Zhang Yimou's first film?

Zhang Yimou's first film as a director was 'Red Sorghum', released in 1987, which gained significant recognition and established his career.

Q: What is Zhang Yimou's directing style?

Zhang Yimou's directing style is characterized by vibrant colors, intricate cinematography, and a focus on Chinese culture and history.

Q: How did Zhang Yimou get started in film?

He started his career as a cinematographer for the Beijing Film Studio before transitioning to directing, which allowed him to showcase his artistic vision.

Q: What is Zhang Yimou's estimated net worth?

Zhang Yimou's estimated net worth is approximately $500 million, reflecting his successful career in the film industry.

Q: What themes are prevalent in Zhang Yimou's films?

His films often explore themes of love, sacrifice, and the struggles of individuals against societal pressures, reflecting deep cultural narratives.

Q: Has Zhang Yimou worked on international projects?

Yes, Zhang Yimou has collaborated on various international projects, including 'The Flowers of War', which featured a mix of Chinese and Western actors.

Known for

The Great Wall (2015)

2015 / Documentary / 75mins

‘The Great Wall has been completed at its most southerly point.’ So begins Kafka’s short story ‘At the Building of the Great Wall of...

Hero (1986)

1986 / Documentary, Sport / 83mins

1986 FIFA World Cup Official Film. Mexico had just recovered from a devastating earthquake, but the nation put on a great tournament and Argentina,...

Name

Zhang Yimou

Height

5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)

Born

14 April 1951, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

Spouses

Chen Ting (1996–present)

Children

1 daughter, Zhang Mo

Parents

Zhang Shijun, Zhang Yuying

Estimated Net Worth

$500 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2022	TV Behind the Opening Ceremony: The Director's Cut This riveting, behind-the-scenes look reveals the massive project to create the opening spectacle for Beijing's 2022 Winter Olympics. Set in...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2021	Movie My Country, My Parents This anthology drama presents four short films honoring Chinese families, spotlighting the struggles of key groups across four pivotal eras:...	TV Station Director (segment "Duck Prophet")	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2021	TV 极：《悬崖之上》电影纪录片	Unknown character	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2020	Movie A Documentary About The Movie One Second	Himself	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2018	TV The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up Documentary about China's film industry and the monumental changes in the past 40 years from beginning with propaganda films to...	Self	Not rated
2018	Movie Zhang Yimou's "Shadow" Documentary about the making of Zhang Yimou's fiction movie Shadow.	Self	Not rated
2018	Movie Bergman: A Year in a Life The year 1957 was one of the most prolific for the Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman: he shot two films, released...	Self	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2017	Movie Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang Known for his spectacular pyrotechnic displays, Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang creates his most ambitious project yet: Sky Ladder, a visionary,...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2016	TV Thirteen Talks	Unknown character	TMDB 8.8 / 10
2013	Movie Trespassing Bergman In the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island of Fårö, located in the...	Self	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2011	TV Making of "The Flowers of War"	Unknown character	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2009	TV Zhang Yimou's 2008	Unknown character	Not rated
2009	TV 奥运档案	Self	Not rated
2008	TV 激荡·1978-2008	Unknown character	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2007	Movie Secrets Within: Inside Look at 'Curse of the Golden Flower' Behind the scenes look at the making of Zhang Yimou's "Curse of the Golden Flower".	Self	Not rated
2004	Movie Making of House of Flying Daggers Main Characters/Performers: 1. Xiao Mei - first appearing as new star dancer in lavish Peony Pavilion brothel, Mei is believed...	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2004	Movie 'Hero' Defined: A Look at the Epic Masterpiece	Self	Not rated
2004	Movie Beauty and Pureness A documentary on the filming of the movie House of Flying Daggers	Unknown character	Not rated
2002	Movie Cause: The Birth of Hero The movie follows director Zhang Yimou as he is preparing to make the movie Hero.	Himself	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2001	TV The Grand Mansion Gate This Chinese period drama series follows the fortunes of a prominent merchant family engaged in Traditional Chinese Medicine during the...	李莲英	TMDB 8.9 / 10
1999	Movie 知识改变命运	Unknown character	Not rated
1997	Movie Keep Cool A spurned lover seeks a rich man for revenge. A random onlooker — who witnessed the public assault committed by...	Junk Peddler	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1995	Movie Lumière & Company 40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working...	Self	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1994	Movie Big Fish in China Recording of the documentary 'Big Fish in China', a film looking at the work and life of Zhang Yimou, one...	Self	Not rated
1989	Movie A Terra-Cotta Warrior An awakened immortal warrior struggles between defending the emperor and the actress he believes to be his love of old.	General Meng Tianfang	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1989	Movie New Chinese Cinema Tony Rayns presents the work of the 'Fifth Generation' and other innovative filmmakers who emerged during the 1980s in China.	Unknown character	Not rated
1989	TV Celebrity Talk Show	张艺谋	TMDB 9.5 / 10
1988	Movie Red Sorghum An old leper who owned a remote sorghum winery dies. Jiu'er, the wife bought by the leper, and her lover,...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1986	Movie The Big Parade Army volunteers train for places in China's 1984 National Day parade, where they are expected to be a perfect marching...	Military Official	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1986	Movie Old Well A married village worker teams up with an old girlfriend to try to dig a well for his water-starved village....	孙旺泉	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1983	TV CMG Spring Festival Gala The CMG Spring Festival Gala (formerly known as the CCTV New Year's Gala; commonly abbreviated in Chinese as Chunwan or...	Unknown character	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1962	TV Golden Horse Awards The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (Chinese: 台北金馬影展; pinyin: Táiběi Jīnmǎ Yǐngzhǎn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-pak Kim-má iáⁿ-tián) is a...	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2026	TV The Lead Yi Qin'e is taken to the cultural troupe by her uncle Hu Sanyuan to learn to sing Qinqiang Opera. From...	Creator Creator	TMDB 9.2 / 10
2026	TV The Lead Yi Qin'e is taken to the cultural troupe by her uncle Hu Sanyuan to learn to sing Qinqiang Opera. From...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 9.2 / 10
2026	Movie Scare Out After a critical intelligence leak, a national security unit launches an intensive investigation. But successive setbacks in their arrest operations...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2026	Movie Scare Out After a critical intelligence leak, a national security unit launches an intensive investigation. But successive setbacks in their arrest operations...	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2024	TV The First Shot In 1997, before the anti-drug bureau was established, Halan City in Northeast China formed a temporary elite team to tackle...	Producer Production	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2024	Movie Article 20 Tells the story of prosecutor Han Ming who is involved in a difficult case where the intentional injury of people...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2024	Movie Article 20 Tells the story of prosecutor Han Ming who is involved in a difficult case where the intentional injury of people...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2023	Movie Under the Light Officers Su Jianming and Li Huilin investigate a crime involving wealthy businessman Li Zhitian. As clues emerge, the investigation becomes...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2023	Movie Beijing 2022 Shot over more than two years, the official film of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing goes behind the...	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
2023	Movie Full River Red During China's Song Dynasty, a mysterious murder occurs at Chancellor Quin Hui's palace after meeting delegates from the neighboring Jin...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2023	Movie Full River Red During China's Song Dynasty, a mysterious murder occurs at Chancellor Quin Hui's palace after meeting delegates from the neighboring Jin...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2022	Movie Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics Opening Ceremony The Opening Ceremony of the XIII Paralympic Winter Games, held in Beijing, China at 4 March 2022.	Director Directing	Not rated
2022	Movie Beijing 2022 Olympics Closing Ceremony On February 20, 2022, the closing ceremony of the 24th Winter Olympic Games was held at the Beijing National Stadium.	Director Directing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2022	Movie Beijing 2022 Olympic Opening Ceremony On February 4, 2022, the opening ceremony of the 24th Winter Olympic Games was held at the Beijing National Stadium.	Director Directing	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2022	Movie Snipers The story of sharpshooter Zhang Taofang, a young army recruit who at age 22 sets a record during the Korean...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2021	Movie Cliff Walkers In the puppet state of Manchukuo in the 1930s, four Communist party special agents, after returning to China, embark on...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2021	Movie Cliff Walkers In the puppet state of Manchukuo in the 1930s, four Communist party special agents, after returning to China, embark on...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2020	Movie One Second A movie fan escapes from a labour camp during the Chinese Cultural Revolution and strikes up a relationship with a...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2020	Movie One Second A movie fan escapes from a labour camp during the Chinese Cultural Revolution and strikes up a relationship with a...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2020	Movie My People, My Homeland In different parts of rural China, various people explore what makes their communities unique.	Producer Production	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2018	Movie Shadow In a kingdom ruled by a young and unpredictable king, the military commander has a secret weapon: a shadow, a...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2018	Movie Shadow In a kingdom ruled by a young and unpredictable king, the military commander has a secret weapon: a shadow, a...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2016	Movie The Great Wall European mercenaries searching for black powder become embroiled in the defense of the Great Wall of China against a horde...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2016	Movie Suddenly Seventeen When Liang Xia's obsession for a perfect wedding puts a strain in the relationship with her fiancé, he ultimately calls...	Producer Production	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2016	Movie 最忆是杭州	Director Directing	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2015	Movie Lady of the Dynasty The tragic story of a Tang Dynasty imperial consort who was the favorite of the Emperor Xuanzong.	Co-Director Directing	TMDB 4.6 / 10
2014	Movie Stories Through 180 Lenses Directed by award winning filmmaker, Zhang Yimou, ninety percent of the film consists of footage shot over six months by...	Director Directing	Not rated
2014	Movie Coming Home Lu and Feng are a devoted couple forced to separate when Lu is arrested and sent to a labor camp...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2011	Movie The Flowers of War A Westerner finds refuge with a group of women in a church during Japan's rape of Nanking in 1937. Posing...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2010	Movie Under the Hawthorn Tree The daughter of a right-winger, schoolgirl Jing Qiu is sent to the countryside for reeducation, and tasked to help write...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2009	Movie A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop Wang is a gloomy, cunning and avaricious noodle shop owner in a desert town in China. His neglected, sharp-tongued wife...	Director Directing	TMDB 4.9 / 10
2009	Movie 60th Anniversary Of Founding Of The People's Republic Of China	Director Directing	Not rated
2008	Movie Beijing 2008 Olympic Closing Ceremony	Director Directing	TMDB 8.6 / 10
2008	Movie Beijing 2008 Olympic Opening Ceremony The 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony was held at the Beijing National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest. It...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2007	Movie To Each His Own Cinema Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2007	Movie To Each His Own Cinema Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2006	Movie Curse of the Golden Flower During China's Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as his wife. She has borne...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2006	Movie Curse of the Golden Flower During China's Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as his wife. She has borne...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2005	Movie Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles Takada, a Japanese fisherman has been estranged from his son for many years, but when the son is diagnosed with...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2005	Movie 图兰朵：法兰西体育场	Director Directing	Not rated
2004	Movie Making of House of Flying Daggers Main Characters/Performers: 1. Xiao Mei - first appearing as new star dancer in lavish Peony Pavilion brothel, Mei is believed...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2004	Movie Making of House of Flying Daggers Main Characters/Performers: 1. Xiao Mei - first appearing as new star dancer in lavish Peony Pavilion brothel, Mei is believed...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2004	Movie House of Flying Daggers In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2004	Movie House of Flying Daggers In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior...	Producer Production	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2004	Movie House of Flying Daggers In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior...	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2002	Movie Hero During China's Warring States period, a district prefect arrives at the palace of Qin Shi Huang, claiming to have killed...	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2002	Movie Hero During China's Warring States period, a district prefect arrives at the palace of Qin Shi Huang, claiming to have killed...	Producer Production	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2002	Movie Hero During China's Warring States period, a district prefect arrives at the palace of Qin Shi Huang, claiming to have killed...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2000	Movie Happy Times Zhao is an ageing bachelor, who has not been fortunate in love. Believing that he has finally met the female...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1999	Movie Not One Less Set in the People's Republic of China during the 1990s, the film centers on a 13-year-old substitute teacher, Wei Minzhi,...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1999	Movie The Road Home Prompted by the death of his father and the grief of his mother, a man recalls the story of how...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1999	Movie Puccini: Turandot at the Forbidden City of Beijing Turandot at the Forbidden City is a 1998 live production of Puccini's opera Turandot directed by Zhang Yimou. The opera...	Director Directing	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1997	Movie Dragon Town Story A woman works with an assassin to get revenge upon the man who murdered her family nine years earlier.	Producer Production	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1997	Movie Keep Cool A spurned lover seeks a rich man for revenge. A random onlooker — who witnessed the public assault committed by...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1995	Movie Lumière & Company 40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1995	Movie Shanghai Triad Shanghai, China, 1930. When young Shuisheng arrives from the countryside, his uncle Liushu puts him at the service of Bijou,...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1994	Movie The Great Conqueror's Concubine: Part I Insurrection deposes the tyrannical first emperor of China during the evil Qin Dynasty. Warrior/general Xiang Yu and the cunning peasant...	Producer Production	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1994	Movie To Live Married couple Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in mid-20th century mainland China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy...	Director Directing	TMDB 8.1 / 10
1992	Movie The Story of Qiu Ju When her husband is kicked in the groin by the village head, Qiu Ju, a peasant woman, despite her pregnancy,...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1991	Movie Raise the Red Lantern In 1920s China, 19-year-old Songlian becomes a concubine of a powerful lord and is forced to compete with his three...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.9 / 10
1990	Movie Ju Dou Tianqing falls in love with Ju Dou, his uncle's wife who is tortured for being childless. However, after they have...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1989	Movie Codename Cougar A commercial airliner on a routine flight between Taipei and Seoul is hijacked and taken to mainland China by the...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1988	Movie Red Sorghum An old leper who owned a remote sorghum winery dies. Jiu'er, the wife bought by the leper, and her lover,...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1986	Movie The Big Parade Army volunteers train for places in China's 1984 National Day parade, where they are expected to be a perfect marching...	Director of Photography Camera	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1986	Movie Old Well A married village worker teams up with an old girlfriend to try to dig a well for his water-starved village....	Director of Photography Camera	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1984	Movie Forced Take-off Two-part TV film made by Chen Kaige for Air Force Political Department Drama Troupe.	Cinematography Crew	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1984	Movie Yellow Earth A communist soldier is sent to a remote region of China in order to collect folk songs. Staying with a...	Director of Photography Camera	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1983	Movie One And Eight Director Zhang Junzhao's superbly tense revisionist war film (featuring striking cinematography from future Fifth Generation standard bearer Zhang Yimou) is...	Director of Photography Camera	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1982	Movie The Red Elephant In the southwest frontiers of China there lie many luxuriant forests where live a great variety of plants and animals....	Director of Photography Camera	TMDB 5.0 / 10
TBA	Movie Sunshine Thief It tells the story of Lu Fei helping a parent find out why his child wanted to commit suicide, but...	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
TBA	Movie The Three-Body Problem Hundreds of physicists died mysteriously. A Chinese nanomaterials expert, Wang Miao, sees a mysterious countdown in his eyes. Soon he...	Director Directing	Not rated
TBA	Movie Cliff Walkers 2 The sequel to Cliff Walkers. Plot TBA.	Director Directing	Not rated

My Country, My Parents

2021 / TMDB 6.0

A Documentary About The Movie One Second

2020 / TMDB 1.0

Zhang Yimou's "Shadow"

2018

Bergman: A Year in a Life

2018 / TMDB 7.4

Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang

2017 / TMDB 7.0

Trespassing Bergman

2013 / TMDB 6.6

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