Zhang Yimou

Also Credited As:

Cheung Aau Mau
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Biography

One of the most acclaimed Chinese filmmakers of the late 20th century, award-winning director Zhang Yimou produced a series of intensely moving period dramas about the political and emotional inequalities suffered by women in Chinese history, including "Ju Do" (1990), "Raise the Red Lantern" (1992) and "To Live" (1994) before scoring international hits with the martial arts thrillers "Hero" (2002) and "House of Flying Daggers" (2004). Part of …
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Job Title

Actor, Director, Producer, Writer, Camera, Film & Tape, Music

Born

November 14, 1951

LATEST CREDITS

The Turandot Project

Actor

The Terra-Cotta Warrior

Mong

Old Well

Sun Wangquan

Keep Cool

The Peddler, Director

The Flowers of War

Actor, Director

Under the Hawthorn Tree

Director

A Woman, A Gun And A Noodle Shop

Director

Amazing Tales: Three Guns

Director

Ju Dou

Director

Raise the Red Lantern

Director

To Live

Director

The Story of Qiu Ju

Director

Operation Cougar

Director

Shanghai Triad

Director

Hero

Director

Curse of the Golden Flower

Director

The Road Home

Director

Happy Times

Director

Not One Less

Director

House of Flying Daggers

Director

Red Sorghum

Director

Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles

Director

The Painter

Director