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Yimou Zhang

Director | Producer | Writer

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Known for Hero (2002), House of Flying Daggers (2004), Curse of the Golden Flower (2006), Raise the Red Lantern (1991)

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Nov 14, 1951 (age 69)

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Still of Yimou Zhang and Gong Li in Curse of the Golden Flower

Still of Yimou Zhang, Chow Yun-Fat, Ye Liu, Jay Chou and Junjie Qin in Curse of the Golden Flower

Still of Yimou Zhang and Yujing Liang in The Old Well

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Awards

Won 2 BAFTA Film Award Awards. Another 147 wins & 122 nominations

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82 titles

Projects in Development (3 titles)	Budget	Status
Quasimodo Director Director See fewer		Development Unknown
The Coldest Gun Director Director See fewer		Pitch
The Parsifal Mosaic Director Director See fewer		Development Unknown

Films in Production (2 titles)	Budget	Status
Ju Ji Shou Director Director See fewer		Filming
Impasse (2021) Director Director See fewer		Post-Prod

Past Film & Video (43 titles)	Budget	Opening Weekend	Gross (US & Canada)	Gross (Worldwide)
Under the Light (2020) Director Director See fewer
Cliff Walkers (2021) Director Director See fewer
One Second (2020) Director, Writer Director, Writer See fewer				$11MM
My People, My Homeland (2020) General Executive Producer General Executive Producer See fewer				$422MM
Wisdom Tooth (2019) Producer Producer See fewer
Shadow (2018) Director, Writer (screenplay by) (as Zhang Yimou) Director, Writer (screenplay by) (as Zhang Yimou) See fewer	CNY 300MM	$27K	$521K	$92MM
The Great Wall (2016) Director Director See fewer	$150MM	$18MM	$46MM	$335MM
Suddenly Seventeen (2015) Producer Producer See fewer				$19MM
Lady of the Dynasty (2015) Co-Director, Co-Director, Production Designer Co-Director, Co-Director, Production Designer See fewer	$20MM			$21MM
Coming Home (2014) Director Director See fewer		$26K	$378K	$48MM
Stories Through 180 Lenses (2014) (Short) - Director Director See fewer
The Flowers of War (2011) Director Director See fewer	$94MM	$48K	$311K	$2.9MM
Under the Hawthorn Tree (2010) Director Director See fewer				$23MM
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop (2009) Director Director See fewer		$27K	$191K	$428K
The Bright Red Lanterns Hung High (2008) (Video) - Director Director See fewer
To Each His Own Cinema (2007) Director (segments: En Regardant le Film), Writer (segments: En Regardent le Film) Director (segments: En Regardant le Film), Writer (segments: En Regardent le Film) See fewer				$404K
Curse of the Golden Flower (2006) Director, Producer, Writer Director, Producer, Writer See fewer	$45MM	$184K	$6.6MM	$79MM
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (2005) Director, Producer, Writer (story) Director, Producer, Writer (story) See fewer	$7.5MM	$28K	$252K	$3.8MM
House of Flying Daggers (2004) Director, Producer, Writer Director, Producer, Writer See fewer	CNY 100MM	$397K	$11MM	$93MM
Making of House of Flying Daggers (2004) (Short) - Self, Director, Producer, Writer Self, Director, Producer, Writer See fewer
Hero (2002) Director, Producer, Writer (screenplay) Director, Producer, Writer (screenplay) See fewer	$31MM	$18MM	$54MM	$177MM
Happy Times (2000) Director Director See fewer	$1.9MM	$31K	$240K	$361K
The Road Home (1999) Director Director See fewer			$1.3MM	$6.8MM
Not One Less (1999) Director Director See fewer		$50K	$593K	$593K
VeggieTales: The Toy That Saved Christmas! (1997) (Video) - Director (live action) Director (live action) See fewer
Dragon Town Story (1997) Producer Producer See fewer
Keep Cool (1997) Junk-peddler, Director Junk-peddler, Director See fewer
Lumière and Company (1995) Self, Director Self, Director See fewer
Shanghai Triad (1995) Director Director See fewer		$209K	$2.1MM	$2.1MM
A Soul Haunted by Painting (1994) Supervising Director, Writer Supervising Director, Writer See fewer
To Live (1994) Director Director See fewer		$33K	$2.3MM	$2.3MM
Xi chu bawang (1994) Producer Producer See fewer
The Story of Qiu Ju (1992) Director Director See fewer		$26K	$1.9MM	$1.9MM
Raise the Red Lantern (1991) Director Director See fewer		$23K	$2.6MM	$2.6MM
Ju Dou (1990) Director Director See fewer		$10K	$2MM	$2MM
Codename Cougar (1989) Director Director See fewer
A Terra-Cotta Warrior (1989) Tian Fong Tian Fong See fewer
Yi ge he ba ge (1988) Cinematographer Cinematographer See fewer
Red Sorghum (1988) Actor, Director Actor, Director See fewer				$108K
The Old Well (1987) Shun, Wangquan, Cinematographer Shun, Wangquan, Cinematographer See fewer
The Big Parade (1986) Military Official (uncredited), Cinematographer Military Official (uncredited), Cinematographer See fewer
Yellow Earth (1984) Cinematographer Cinematographer See fewer
Hong xiang (1982) Camera Operator Camera Operator See fewer

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Past Television (5 titles)	Episodes
Zhong Guo tie lu (2011) (TV Short) - Director Director See fewer
Beijing 2008: Games of the XXIX Olympiad (2008) (TV Mini-series) - Director (1 episode, 2008), Lead Director (1 episode, 2008) Director (1 episode, 2008), Lead Director (1 episode, 2008) See fewer Closing Ceremony (Aug 24, 2008) Director Director See fewer Beijing 2008 Olympics Games Opening Ceremony (Aug 8, 2008) Lead Director Lead Director See fewer	2
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2007) (TV Series) - Self - Production by (1 episode, 2007), Production (1 episode, 2007) Self - Production by (1 episode, 2007), Production (1 episode, 2007) See fewer The First Emperor (Mar 24, 2007) Season 1, Episode 3 - Self - Production by (as Zhang Yimou), Production (as Zhang Yimou) Self - Production by (as Zhang Yimou), Production (as Zhang Yimou) See fewer	1
Da zhai men (2001) (TV Series) - Li Lian-ying (3 episodes, 2001) Li Lian-ying (3 episodes, 2001) See fewer Episode #1.16 (Apr 16, 2001) Season 1, Episode 16 - Li Lian-ying Li Lian-ying See fewer See more See fewer Loading	3
Great Performances (1999) (TV Series) - Stage Director (1 episode, 1999) Stage Director (1 episode, 1999) See fewer Turandot at the Forbidden City of Beijing (Jun 9, 1999) Season 27, Episode 16 - Stage Director Stage Director See fewer	1

Self (24 titles)
Zhang Yimou's 'Shadow' (2018) Self Self See fewer
Bergman: A Year in the Life (2018) Self Self See fewer
Hayom BaLayla (2017) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 2017) Self (1 episode, 2017) See fewer Episode #2.21 (Feb 19, 2017) Season 2, Episode 21 - Self Self See fewer
Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang (2016) Self Self See fewer
Yang Lan Fang Tan Lu (2014) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 2014) Self (1 episode, 2014) See fewer Zhang Yimou: Wo yao de ni men dou bu dong (May 25, 2014) Self Self See fewer
Trespassing Bergman (2013) Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer
L'invité (2012) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 2012) Self (1 episode, 2012) See fewer Episode dated 5 December 2012 (Dec 5, 2012) Self Self See fewer
Bergmans video (2012) (TV Mini-series) - Self (2012) Self (2012) See fewer
Días de cine (2011) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 2011) Self (1 episode, 2011) See fewer Episode dated 19 May 2011 (May 19, 2011) Self Self See fewer
Cinema 3 (2010–2011) (TV Series) - Self - Interviewee / Self (2 episodes, 2010) Self - Interviewee / Self (2 episodes, 2010) See fewer Episode dated 19 May 2011 (May 19, 2011) Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer Episode dated 20 February 2010 (Feb 20, 2010) Self Self See fewer
NHK supesharu (2009) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 2009) Self (1 episode, 2009) See fewer China Power 1/3 (Nov 22, 2009) Self Self See fewer
Beijing (2009) Self Self See fewer
Shi jie dian ying zhi lv (2009) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 2009) Self (1 episode, 2009) See fewer Zhong guo dian ying huo jiang zhi lv zong shu: Wen ding tian xia (Feb 15, 2009) Season 8, Episode 14 - Self Self See fewer
Secrets Within: Inside Look at 'Curse of the Golden Flower' (2007) (Video) - Self Self See fewer
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2007) (TV Series) - Self - Production by (1 episode, 2007) Self - Production by (1 episode, 2007) See fewer The First Emperor (Mar 24, 2007) Season 1, Episode 3 - Self - Production by (as Zhang Yimou) Self - Production by (as Zhang Yimou) See fewer
The 11th China Movie Awards (2005) (TV Special) - Self Self See fewer
'Hero' Defined: A Look at the Epic Masterpiece (2004) (Video) - Self Self See fewer
The Culture Show (2004) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 2004) Self (1 episode, 2004) See fewer Episode #1.3 (Nov 25, 2004) Season 1, Episode 3 - Self Self See fewer
Ying xiong: Cause - The Birth of Hero (2002) (Video) - Self Self See fewer
The Turandot Project (2000) Self - Stage Director Self - Stage Director See fewer
Primer plano (1996) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 1996) Self (1 episode, 1996) See fewer Episode dated 27 April 1996 (Apr 27, 1996) Self Self See fewer
Arena (1993) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 1993) Self (1 episode, 1993) See fewer Zhang Yimou (Mar 12, 1993) Season 18, Episode 11 - Self Self See fewer
New Chinese Cinema (1989) (TV Movie) - Self Self See fewer
The Media Show (1989) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 1989) Self (1 episode, 1989) See fewer Episode #4.3 (Feb 12, 1989) Season 4, Episode 3 - Self Self See fewer

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Archive Footage (5 titles)
Im Reich der Filme (2020) Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Ceremonia de inauguración - 56º Festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián (2008) (TV Special) - Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer
Cámara negra. Teatro Victoria Eugenia (2007) (TV Short) - Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Personnel et confidentiel (2007) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 2007) Self (1 episode, 2007) See fewer Cannes, 60 ans d'histoires (May 19, 2007) Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Cinema mil (2005) (TV Series) - Self (2 episodes, 2005) Self (2 episodes, 2005) See fewer Plot (Aug 20, 2005) Season 1, Episode 6 - Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer Episode #1.1 (Jul 16, 2005) Season 1, Episode 1 - Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer

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Ziyi Zhang Actress	1,306
Ang Lee Director	3,570
Kar-Wai Wong Writer	2,462
Maggie Cheung Actress	6,630
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