Highest rated as cast or director
Zhang Yimou's 6 titles from the 1990s have a median Balasaur Score of 81, led by Raise the Red Lantern (84) and To Live (84), against 75 for those from the 2000s.
Biography
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 Lion and Golden Lion prizes at the Venice Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. One of Zhang's recurrent themes is the resilience of Chinese people in the face of hardship and adversity, a theme which has been explored in such films as, for example, To Live (1994) and Not One Less (1999). His films are particularly noted for their rich use of colour, as can be seen in some of his early films, like Raise the Red Lantern, and in his wuxia films like Hero and House of Flying Daggers.
Directed 42
2020s
- 2026
- 2024
Article 20
Director
- 2023
Under the Light
Director
- 2022
Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics Opening Ceremony
Director
Beijing 2022 Olympics Closing Ceremony
Director
Beijing 2022 Olympic Opening Ceremony
Director
- 2021
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
庆祝中华人民共和国成立70周年联欢活动
Director
- 2018
- 2016
最忆是杭州
Director
- 2015
- 2014
Stories Through 180 Lenses
Director
- 2011
- 2010
2000s
- 2009
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
Director
60th Anniversary Of Founding Of The People's Republic Of China
Director
- 2008
Beijing 2008 Olympic Closing Ceremony
Director
Beijing 2008 Olympic Opening Ceremony
Director
- 2007
- 2006
- 2005
Turandot
Director
- 2004
- 2002
- 2000
Happy Times
Director
1990s
- 1999
Not One Less
Director
Puccini: Turandot at the Forbidden City of Beijing
Director
- 1997
Keep Cool
Director
- 1995
Lumière & Company
Director
- 1994
- 1992
- 1991
- 1990
1980s
- 1989
Codename Cougar
Director
- 1988
Acted in 16
2020s
- 2021
My Country, My Parents
TV Station Director (segment "Duck Prophet")
极：《悬崖之上》电影纪录片
TV
2010s
- 2016
- 2011
Making of "The Flowers of War"
TV
2000s
- 2009
Zhang Yimou's 2008
TV
- 2008
激荡·1978-2008
TV
- 2004
Beauty and Pureness
Movie
- 2001
1990s
- 1997
Keep Cool
Junk Peddler
1980s
- 1989
A Terra-Cotta Warrior
General Meng Tianfang
New Chinese Cinema
Movie
- 1988
- 1986
The Big Parade
Military Official
Old Well
孙旺泉
- 1983
Produced 11
2020s
- 2026
- 2024
- 2023
Beijing 2022
Executive Producer
- 2020
My People, My Homeland
Producer
2010s
- 2016
Suddenly Seventeen
Producer
2000s
- 2004
- 2002
1990s
- 1997
Dragon Town Story
Producer
- 1994
The Great Conqueror's Concubine: Part I
Producer
No release date
Sunshine Thief
Executive Producer
Wrote 11
2020s
- 2026
- 2024
Article 20
Writer
- 2023
- 2021
- 2020
2010s
- 2018
Camera 5
1980s
- 1986
The Big Parade
Director of Photography
Old Well
Director of Photography
- 1984
Yellow Earth
Director of Photography
- 1983
One And Eight
Director of Photography
- 1982
The Red Elephant
Director of Photography
Other crew 1
1980s
- 1984
Forced Take-off
Cinematography
Created 1
2020s
- 2026
Appearances14
2020s
- 2022
Behind the Opening Ceremony: The Director's Cut
Self · 2 episodes
- 2020
A Documentary About The Movie One Second
Himself
2010s
- 2018
Zhang Yimou's "Shadow"
Self
- 2017
- 2013
2000s
- 2009
奥运档案
Self · 11 episodes
- 2004
- 2002
Cause: The Birth of Hero
Himself
1990s
- 1995
Lumière & Company
Self
- 1994
Big Fish in China
Self
1960s
- 1962
