Track, discover and find where to watch TV shows and movies.

Discover

Movies
TV Shows
Browse
Topics

Account

Watchlist
Watched
Ratings

Legal

Privacy Policy
Terms of Service

© 2026 Movie Browser. All rights reserved.

Data provided by TMDB

Zhang Yimou

Directing

April 2, 1950 (76 years old)

Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China

Popularity: 2

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...

Also Known As

Yimou Zhang • Yi-Mou Zhang • 張藝謀 • 张艺谋 • Zhang Yimou

Known For

Hero movie poster (2002)

Hero

Director

The Great Wall movie poster (2016)

The Great Wall

Director

House of Flying Daggers movie poster (2004)

House of Flying Daggers

Director

To Live movie poster (1994)

To Live

Director

The Flowers of War movie poster (2011)

The Flowers of War

Director

Curse of the Golden Flower movie poster (2006)

Curse of the Golden Flower

Director

Raise the Red Lantern movie poster (1991)

Raise the Red Lantern

Director

Red Sorghum movie poster (1988)

Red Sorghum

Director

Under the Hawthorn Tree movie poster (2010)

Under the Hawthorn Tree

Director

Shadow movie poster (2018)

Shadow

Director

Cliff Walkers movie poster (2021)

Cliff Walkers

Director

The Road Home movie poster (1999)

The Road Home

Director

Photos of Zhang Yimou

Filmography

2020s

Article 20 movie poster (2024)

Article 20

Writer

Full River Red movie poster (2023)

Full River Red

Director

Beijing 2022 movie poster (2023)

Beijing 2022

Executive Producer

Beijing 2022 Olympic Opening Ceremony movie poster (2022)

Beijing 2022 Olympic Opening Ceremony

Director

Beijing 2022 Olympics Closing Ceremony movie poster (2022)

Beijing 2022 Olympics Closing Ceremony

Director

Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics Opening Ceremony movie poster (2022)

Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics Opening Ceremony

Director

My Country, My Parents movie poster (2021)

My Country, My Parents

TV Station Director (segment "Duck Prophet")

A Documentary About The Movie One Second movie poster (2020)

A Documentary About The Movie One Second

Himself

2010s

Shadow movie poster (2018)

Shadow

Director

Bergman: A Year in a Life movie poster (2018)

Bergman: A Year in a Life

Self

Zhang Yimou's "Shadow" movie poster (2018)

Zhang Yimou's "Shadow"

Self

Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang movie poster (2017)

Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang

Self

The Great Wall movie poster (2016)

The Great Wall

Director

Suddenly Seventeen movie poster (2016)

Suddenly Seventeen

Producer

最忆是杭州 movie poster (2016)

最忆是杭州

Director

Coming Home movie poster (2014)

Coming Home

Director

Trespassing Bergman movie poster (2013)

Trespassing Bergman

Self

The Flowers of War movie poster (2011)

The Flowers of War

Director

Under the Hawthorn Tree movie poster (2010)

Under the Hawthorn Tree

Director

2000s

A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop movie poster (2009)

A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop

Director

Beijing 2008 Olympic Opening Ceremony movie poster (2008)

Beijing 2008 Olympic Opening Ceremony

Director

Beijing 2008 Olympic Closing Ceremony movie poster (2008)

Beijing 2008 Olympic Closing Ceremony

Director

To Each His Own Cinema movie poster (2007)

To Each His Own Cinema

Director

Curse of the Golden Flower movie poster (2006)

Curse of the Golden Flower

Director

Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles movie poster (2005)

Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles

Director

House of Flying Daggers movie poster (2004)

House of Flying Daggers

Director

'Hero' Defined: A Look at the Epic Masterpiece movie poster (2004)

'Hero' Defined: A Look at the Epic Masterpiece

Self

Making of House of Flying Daggers movie poster (2004)

Making of House of Flying Daggers

Self

Beauty and Pureness movie poster (2004)

Beauty and Pureness

Hero movie poster (2002)

Hero

Director

Cause: The Birth of Hero movie poster (2002)

Cause: The Birth of Hero

Himself

Happy Times movie poster (2000)

Happy Times

Director

1990s

The Road Home movie poster (1999)

The Road Home

Director

Not One Less movie poster (1999)

Not One Less

Director

Puccini: Turandot at the Forbidden City of Beijing movie poster (1999)

Puccini: Turandot at the Forbidden City of Beijing

Director

Keep Cool movie poster (1997)

Keep Cool

Junk Peddler

Dragon Town Story movie poster (1997)

Dragon Town Story

Producer

Shanghai Triad movie poster (1995)

Shanghai Triad

Director

Lumière & Company movie poster (1995)

Lumière & Company

Self

To Live movie poster (1994)

To Live

Director

The Great Conqueror's Concubine: Part I movie poster (1994)

The Great Conqueror's Concubine: Part I

Producer

Big Fish in China movie poster (1994)

Big Fish in China

Self

The Story of Qiu Ju movie poster (1992)

The Story of Qiu Ju

Director

Raise the Red Lantern movie poster (1991)

Raise the Red Lantern

Director

Ju Dou movie poster (1990)

Ju Dou

Director

1980s

A Terra-Cotta Warrior movie poster (1989)

A Terra-Cotta Warrior

General Meng Tianfang

Codename Cougar movie poster (1989)

Codename Cougar

Director

New Chinese Cinema movie poster (1989)

New Chinese Cinema

Red Sorghum movie poster (1988)

Red Sorghum

The Big Parade movie poster (1986)

The Big Parade

Military Official

Old Well movie poster (1986)

Old Well

孙旺泉

Yellow Earth movie poster (1984)

Yellow Earth

Director of Photography

One And Eight movie poster (1983)

One And Eight

Director of Photography

The Red Elephant movie poster (1982)

The Red Elephant

Director of Photography