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Yimou Zhang

Director | Writer | Actor

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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 67)

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

Still of Yimou Zhang, Yun-Fat Chow, 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 105 wins & 70 nominations

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Filmography

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73 titles

Projects in Development (2 titles)	Budget	Status
Quasimodo Director Director See fewer		Development Unknown
The Parsifal Mosaic Director Director See fewer		Development Unknown

Films in Production (1 title)	Budget	Status
One Second Director, Writer Director, Writer See fewer		Post-Prod

Released Film and Video (37 titles)	Budget	Opening Weekend	Gross (US & Canada)	Gross (Worldwide)
Shadow (2018) Director, Writer (screenplay) Director, Writer (screenplay) 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	$47MM
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				$22MM
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop (2009) Director Director See fewer		$27K	$191K	$312K
The Bright Red Lanterns Hung High (2008) 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	$489K	$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) - Director, Producer, Writer 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
Dragon Town Story (1997) Producer Producer See fewer
Keep Cool (1997) Junk-peddler, Director Junk-peddler, Director See fewer
Lumière and Company (1995) Himself, Director Himself, Director See fewer
Shanghai Triad (1995) Director Director See fewer		$209K	$2.1MM	$2.1MM
To Live (1994) Director Director See fewer		$33K	$2.3MM	$2.3MM
Xi chu bawang (1994) Producer Producer See fewer
A Soul Haunted by Painting (1994) Supervising Director, Writer Supervising Director, Writer 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
A Terra-Cotta Warrior (1989) Tian Fong Tian Fong See fewer
Dai hao mei zhou bao (1989) Director Director See fewer
Red Sorghum (1987) Actor, Director Actor, Director See fewer				$108K
The Old Well (1987) Shun, Wangquan, Cinematographer Shun, Wangquan, Cinematographer See fewer
Da yue bing (1986) Military Official (uncredited), Cinematographer Military Official (uncredited), Cinematographer See fewer
Yellow Earth (1984) Cinematographer Cinematographer See fewer
Yi ge he ba ge (1983) Cinematographer Cinematographer See fewer
Hong xiang (1982) Camera Operator Camera Operator See fewer

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Released Television (6 titles)	Episodes
Zhong Guo tie lu (2011) (TV Short) - Director (as Zhang Yi Mou) Director (as Zhang Yi Mou) See fewer
Beijing 2008: Games of the XXIX Olympiad (2008) (TV Mini-series) - Director (1 episode, 2008) Director (1 episode, 2008) See fewer Closing Ceremony (Aug 24, 2008) Director Director See fewer	1
Beijing 2008 Olympics Games Opening Ceremony (2008) (TV Special) - Lead Director Lead Director See fewer
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2007) (TV Series) - Himself - Production by (1 episode, 2007), Production (1 episode, 2007) Himself - Production by (1 episode, 2007), Production (1 episode, 2007) See fewer The First Emperor (Mar 24, 2007) Season 1, Episode 3 - Himself - Production by, Production Himself - Production by, Production 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 (23 titles)
Bergman: A Year in a Life (2018) Himself Himself See fewer
Hayom BaLayla (2017) (TV Series) - Himself (1 episode, 2017) Himself (1 episode, 2017) See fewer Episode #2.21 (Feb 19, 2017) Season 2, Episode 21 - Himself Himself See fewer
Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang (2016) Himself Himself See fewer
Yang Lan Fang Tan Lu (2014) (TV Series) - Himself (1 episode, 2014) Himself (1 episode, 2014) See fewer Zhang Yimou: Wo yao de ni men dou bu dong (May 25, 2014) Himself Himself See fewer
Trespassing Bergman (2013) Himself - Interviewee Himself - Interviewee See fewer
L'invité (2012) (TV Series) - Himself (1 episode, 2012) Himself (1 episode, 2012) See fewer Episode dated 5 December 2012 (Dec 5, 2012) Himself Himself See fewer
Bergmans video (2012) (TV Mini-series) - Himself (2012) Himself (2012) See fewer
Días de cine (2011) (TV Series) - Himself (1 episode, 2011) Himself (1 episode, 2011) See fewer Episode dated 19 May 2011 (May 19, 2011) Himself Himself See fewer
Cinema 3 (2010–2011) (TV Series) - Himself (2 episodes, 2010) Himself (2 episodes, 2010) See fewer Episode dated 19 May 2011 (May 19, 2011) Himself Himself See fewer Episode dated 20 February 2010 (Feb 20, 2010) Himself Himself See fewer
NHK supesharu (2009) (TV Series) - Himself (1 episode, 2009) Himself (1 episode, 2009) See fewer China Power 1/3 (Nov 22, 2009) Himself Himself See fewer
Beijing (2009) Himself Himself See fewer
Shi jie dian ying zhi lv (2009) (TV Series) - Himself (1 episode, 2009) Himself (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 - Himself Himself See fewer
Secrets Within: Inside Look at 'Curse of the Golden Flower' (2007) (Video) - Himself Himself See fewer
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2007) (TV Series) - Himself - Production by (1 episode, 2007) Himself - Production by (1 episode, 2007) See fewer The First Emperor (Mar 24, 2007) Season 1, Episode 3 - Himself - Production by Himself - Production by See fewer
The 11th China Movie Awards (2005) (TV Special) - Himself Himself See fewer
'Hero' Defined: A Look at the Epic Masterpiece (2004) (Video) - Himself Himself See fewer
The Culture Show (2004) (TV Series) - Himself (1 episode, 2004) Himself (1 episode, 2004) See fewer Episode #1.3 (Nov 25, 2004) Season 1, Episode 3 - Himself Himself See fewer
Ying xiong: Cause - The Birth of Hero (2002) (Video) - Himself Himself See fewer
The Turandot Project (2000) Himself - Stage Director Himself - Stage Director See fewer
Primer plano (1996) (TV Series) - Himself (1 episode, 1996) Himself (1 episode, 1996) See fewer Episode dated 27 April 1996 (Apr 27, 1996) Himself Himself See fewer
Arena (1993) (TV Series) - Himself (1 episode, 1993) Himself (1 episode, 1993) See fewer Zhang Yimou (Mar 12, 1993) Season 18, Episode 11 - Himself Himself See fewer
New Chinese Cinema (1989) (TV Movie) - Himself Himself See fewer
The Media Show (1989) (TV Series) - Himself (1 episode, 1989) Himself (1 episode, 1989) See fewer Episode #4.3 (Feb 12, 1989) Season 4, Episode 3 - Himself Himself See fewer

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Archive Footage (4 titles)
Ceremonia de inauguración - 56º Festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián (2008) (TV Special) - Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer
Cámara negra. Teatro Victoria Eugenia (2007) (TV Short) - Himself (archive footage) Himself (archive footage) See fewer
Personnel et confidentiel (2007) (TV Series) - Himself (1 episode, 2007) Himself (1 episode, 2007) See fewer Cannes, 60 ans d'histoires (May 19, 2007) Himself (archive footage) Himself (archive footage) See fewer
Cinema mil (2005) (TV Series) - Himself (2 episodes, 2005) Himself (2 episodes, 2005) See fewer Episode #1.6 (Aug 20, 2005) Season 1, Episode 6 - Himself (archive footage) Himself (archive footage) See fewer Episode #1.1 (Jul 16, 2005) Season 1, Episode 1 - Himself (archive footage) Himself (archive footage) See fewer

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Tian Jing Actress	3,620
Ang Lee Director	3,542
Matt Damon Producer	158
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