Directing • AGE 76
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, havi...


The Lead
Executive Producer
2026

Scare Out
Director
2026

The First Shot
Producer
2024

Article 20
Writer
2024

Under the Light
Director
2023

Beijing 2022
Executive Producer
2023

Full River Red
Director
2023

Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics Opening Ceremony
Director
2022

Beijing 2022 Olympics Closing Ceremony
Director
2022

Behind the Opening Ceremony: The Director's Cut
Self
2022

Beijing 2022 Olympic Opening Ceremony
Director
2022

Snipers
Director
2022

My Country, My Parents
TV Station Director (segment "Duck Prophet")
2021

极:《悬崖之上》电影纪录片
2021

Cliff Walkers
Director
2021

One Second
Director
2020

A Documentary About The Movie One Second
Himself
2020

My People, My Homeland
Producer
2020

The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up
Self
2018

Zhang Yimou's "Shadow"
Self
2018

Shadow
Director
2018

Bergman: A Year in a Life
Self
2018

Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang
Self
2017

The Great Wall
Director
2016

Suddenly Seventeen
Producer
2016

最忆是杭州
Director
2016

Thirteen Talks
2016

Lady of the Dynasty
Co-Director
2015

Stories Through 180 Lenses
Director
2014

Coming Home
Director
2014

Trespassing Bergman
Self
2013

The Flowers of War
Director
2011

Making of "The Flowers of War"
2011

Under the Hawthorn Tree
Director
2010

A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
Director
2009

60th Anniversary Of Founding Of The People's Republic Of China
Director
2009

Zhang Yimou's 2008
2009

奥运档案
Self
2009

激荡·1978-2008
2008

Beijing 2008 Olympic Closing Ceremony
Director
2008

Beijing 2008 Olympic Opening Ceremony
Director
2008

To Each His Own Cinema
Director
2007

Curse of the Golden Flower
Screenplay
2006

Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Director
2005

Making of House of Flying Daggers
Self
2004

'Hero' Defined: A Look at the Epic Masterpiece
Self
2004

House of Flying Daggers
Producer
2004

Beauty and Pureness
2004

Hero
Producer
2002

Cause: The Birth of Hero
Himself
2002

The Grand Mansion Gate
李莲英
2001

Happy Times
Director
2000

Not One Less
Director
1999

The Road Home
Director
1999

Puccini: Turandot at the Forbidden City of Beijing
Director
1999

Dragon Town Story
Producer
1997

Keep Cool
Junk Peddler
1997

Lumière & Company
Self
1995

Shanghai Triad
Director
1995

Big Fish in China
Self
1994

The Great Conqueror's Concubine: Part I
Producer
1994

To Live
Director
1994

The Story of Qiu Ju
Director
1992

Raise the Red Lantern
Director
1991

Ju Dou
Director
1990

A Terra-Cotta Warrior
General Meng Tianfang
1989

Codename Cougar
Director
1989

New Chinese Cinema
1989

Celebrity Talk Show
张艺谋
1989

Red Sorghum
1988

The Big Parade
Military Official
1986

Old Well
孙旺泉
1986

Forced Take-off
Cinematography
1984

Yellow Earth
Director of Photography
1984

CMG Spring Festival Gala
1983

One And Eight
Director of Photography
1983

The Red Elephant
Director of Photography
1982

Golden Horse Awards
Self
1962

Sunshine Thief
Executive Producer