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Zhang Yimou
Zhang Yimou is a Chinese filmmaker. A leading figure of China's Fifth Generation directors, he is considered as one of the most successful filmmakers in the world.
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entertainment · Chinese filmmaker · film director · actor · screenwriter · film producer · cinematographer · also Zhang Yimou, Yi-Mou Zhang, Yimou Zhang, Yimou
Born 2 April 1950 · Q55430
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2026· 3 entries
The Guardian: Scare Out review – Zhang Yimou’s twisty spy thriller offers eye-popping stunts and future tech
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FirstShowing.net: First Trailer for Zhang Yimou's New Film 'Scare Out' with Jackson Yee
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2024· 1 entry
Deadline.com: Zhang Yimou To Receive Two Career Honors At The Asian Film Awards
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2023· 2 entries
Deadline.com: Zhang Yimou Talks How The Pandemic “Dramatically” Changed Audiences, The Lack Of “Good Scripts” And Teases His Next Film ‘Article 20’ — Tokyo Film Festival
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Variety: Zhang Yimou Poised to Make Series Debut – Global Bulletin
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2022· 3 entries
The Guardian: One Second review – Zhang Yimou’s censored love letter to cinema reels you in
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Joined the Beijing Film Academy as a distinguished professor
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Chinese-born American novelist Yan Geling, who had previously collaborated with Zhang on The Flowers of War (2011) and Coming Home (2014), accused the director of copyright infringement for removing her name from the cre
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2021· 3 entries
As China promulgated a three-child policy, Chen posted a poster titled "The Three-Child Policy Is Here" on Weibo, with the caption "Mission accomplished ahead of time
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Yahoo: ‘Cliff Walkers’ Review: Zhang Yimou’s Sumptuous Spyjinks Leave the Characters Out in the Cold
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Zhang Yimou filed the third lawsuit against Zhang Weiping, citing "shareholder liability for harming the interests of company creditors
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2020· 2 entries
Yahoo: Zhang Yimou’s Censored ‘One Second’ Finally Has a Release Date
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Zhang Yimou filed the second lawsuit against Zhang Weiping, seeking 2
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2019· 2 entries
The Guardian: Streaming: after the dazzling Shadow, catch up on the best of Zhang Yimou
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The court awarded Zhang Yimou only 2
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2018· 1 entry
With the critically acclaimed Shadow, which received 12 nominations at the 55th Golden Horse Awards and won four, including Best Director
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2017· 2 entries
The Guardian: The Great Wall review – Zhang Yimou’s damp squib of a gunpowder plot
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Directed an innovative ballet titled "2047 Apologue", where the 12 minute solo finale The Weaving Machine was choreographed by Rose Alice Larkings and including hundreds of LED lamps
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2016· 1 entry
The Guardian: Zhang Yimou defends controversial casting of Matt Damon in The Great Wall
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2015· 1 entry
Zhang Yimou sought 15 million yuan in box office revenue share from A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
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2014· 3 entries
Variety: BUSAN: Zhang Yimou Ready to Climb Legendary’s ‘Wall’
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The Guardian: Chinese director Zhang Yimou set for first western production
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The Wuxi Family Planning Bureau fined the couple 7,487,854 RMB (roughly US$1
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2013· 1 entry
The Guardian: Zhang Yimou could be fined for breaching China's one-child policy
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2012· 3 entries
The rumor gained wider attention when actress He Jun—who had been a backup candidate for the cast of The Flowers of War but was dismissed after disclosing her involvement on Weibo in December 2010—made similar allegation
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After an acrimonious split, stemming from years of business and creative disputes and precipitated by the critical and commercial underperformance of The Flowers of War
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And that Weiping allegedly orchestrated He's revelation—a claim He denied
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2011· 1 entry
Zhang invited Palestinian filmmaker Annemarie Jacir to be his protege on set for one year as part of the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative
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2010· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of Yale University (2010).
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Awarded Asian Film Award for Lifetime Achievement (2010).
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2008· 2 entries
And another from Yale University in 2010
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Won a Peabody Award "for creating a spell-binding, unforgettable celebration of the Olympic promise, featuring a cast of thousands" at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics
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2006· 1 entry
For the film Curse of the Golden Flower, during which Gong stipulated in her contract that she would not meet the producer Zhang Weiping
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2005· 1 entry
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles was a return to the more low-key drama that characterized much of Zhang's middle period pieces
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2004· 1 entry
Two years after its Chinese release, by American distributor Miramax Films, and became a huge international hit
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2003· 1 entry
Won Golden Rooster Award for Best Director for Hero (2003).
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2002· 1 entry
Awarded Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize (2002).
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2001· 2 entries
Zhang adapted his 1991 film Raise the Red Lantern for the stage, directing a ballet version
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Followed by their second son, Zhang Yiding, in 2004, and their daughter, Zhang Yijiao, in 2006
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2000· 2 entries
Earned Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize for The Road Home (2000).
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Won Golden Rooster Award for Best Director for The Road Home (2000).
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1999· 4 entries
Won Golden Rooster Award for Best Director for Not One Less (1999).
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Won Golden Lion for Not One Less (1999).
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Which won him his second Golden Lion prize in Venice
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19-year-old Chen Ting met Zhang when she auditioned for his film Happy Times
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1998· 1 entry
Directed an acclaimed version of Puccini's opera Turandot, firstly in Florence and then later Turandot at the Forbidden City, Beijing, with Zubin Mehta conducting, the latter documented in the film The Turandot Projec
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1997· 1 entry
Co-founded New Pictures and collaborated on 11 films
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1996· 1 entry
When Zhang Yimou's film Keep Cool faced a funding crisis following Gong Li's withdrawal due to her breakup with the director, which led other investors to pull out, Zhang Weiping stepped in with an investment of 26 milli
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1995· 3 entries
Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language for To Live (1995).
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Soon after shooting Shanghai Triad, their 7th collaboration during their relationship, Zhang announced their break-up amidst rumors of Gong's affair with then managing director of British American Tobacco in China, Ooi H
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Featuring Gong Li in her seventh film under Zhang's direction
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1994· 1 entry
Awarded Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix for To Live (1994).
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1993· 1 entry
Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language for Raise the Red Lantern (1993).
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1992· 2 entries
Won Golden Lion for The Story of Qiu Ju (1992).
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Once again starring Gong Li in the lead role
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1991· 1 entry
Earned Silver Lion for Raise the Red Lantern (1991).
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1990· 2 entries
“I believe a great film has to be, first of all, artistic. It has to be beautifully done. Nowadays there are just so many films and TV shows out there that it's like fast food. And there's no strong artistic element to it. And secondly, a great film has to be deep. It has to be impactful. And tell an amazing story.”
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“We need to strike a balance between the visuals and the story itself. And for me, I believe the story is the most important thing. And then secondly it's the artistic style. Because if we don't have a great story, it's all about the visual and the appearance and then it'll be too superficial and too shallow.”
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1989· 3 entries
Featuring Gong Li and eminent Chinese actor Ge You
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Zhang became a member of the jury at the 16th Moscow International Film Festival
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While working in pharmaceutical procurement at a hospital in Beijing
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1988· 2 entries
Won Golden Bear for Red Sorghum (1988).
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Won Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor for Old Well (1988).
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1986· 1 entry
On the set of Red Sorghum, when Zhang was married to Xiao while Gong was in a relationship with another man, who violently assaulted Gong after finding out her relationship with Zhang
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1985· 1 entry
After moving back to his home town of Xi'an, Zhang was engaged as cinematographer and lead actor for director Wu Tianming's upcoming film Old Well, which was subsequently released in 1987
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1983· 1 entry
Their daughter Zhang Mo was born while Zhang was filming One and Eight in Guangxi
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1982· 2 entries
“In 1988, Zhang and Xiao divorced. Gong Li Zhang”
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Zhang was assigned to Guangxi Film Studio as a cinematographer, rarely returning home
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1978· 2 entries
The national college entrance exam was reinstated in China and Zhang applied to the Beijing Film Academy
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Zhang, at 28, was over the Cinematography Department's admission age limit of 22, and lacked requisite academic qualifications
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1975· 1 entry
Was recommended for admission to Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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1972· 1 entry
China allowed workers, farmers, and soldiers to apply for university
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1965· 1 entry
Returned to Xi'an to attend the middle school and became a classmate of Zhang
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1951· 1 entry
To an intellectual family whose ancestral home was in Beijing
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1950· 1 entry
Born 1950-04-02.
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