Zhang Yimou

Zhang Yimou

Director and writer. Born 2 April 1950 in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China.

4

Titles on Fi1m

80

Average Fi1m scoreas director · 4 titles

2

BAFTAs2 won

Born

2 April 1950, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China

Active

1988–present

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Zhang Yimou — Zhang YimouDick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

PHOTO CREDIT: ANDERS KRUSBERG / PEABODY AWARDS Dick Ebersol 69th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon Waldorf=Astoria Hotel New York, NY USA May 17, 2010 (2009) — PHOTO CREDIT: ANDERS KRUSBERG / PEABODY AWARDS Dick Ebersol 69th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon Waldorf=Astoria Hotel New York, NY USA May 17, 2010 (2009)The Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Film Crew of The Great Wall presenting the movie in St. Petersburg (Russia) (2015) — Film Crew of The Great Wall presenting the movie in St. Petersburg (Russia) (2015)deepskyobject, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Yangshuo - Zhang Yimou Impressions (2010) — Yangshuo - Zhang Yimou Impressions (2010)Vanvelthem Cédric, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Zhang Yimou — Zhang YimouImage via TMDB

Zhang Yimou — Zhang YimouImage via TMDB

Zhang Yimou — Zhang YimouImage via TMDB

Yangshuo - Zhang Yimou Impressions (2010) — Yangshuo - Zhang Yimou Impressions (2010)Vanvelthem Cédric, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Yangshuo - Zhang Yimou Impressions (2010) — Yangshuo - Zhang Yimou Impressions (2010)Vanvelthem Cédric, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Zhang Yimou — Zhang YimouImage via TMDB

Zhang Yimou — Zhang YimouImage via TMDB

Zhang Yimou — Zhang YimouImage via TMDB

Photographs: Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0 (licence); The Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0 (licence); deepskyobject, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence); Vanvelthem Cédric, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence); Vanvelthem Cédric, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence); Vanvelthem Cédric, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence). Stills courtesy of the studios via TMDB.