or in his wuxia films such as Hero and House of Flying Daggers. Zhang Yimou was born in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province. As a child he suffered prejudice and derision because of his family's association ...

China’s submission for the Oscars Best International Feature Film race this year, the World War II documentary The Sinking of ...

Chinese veteran filmmaker Zhang Yimou's recent comment during an interview about urging audiences to step into cinemas rather than watching three-minute video summaries on their phones has ...

Liu Cixin's bestselling sci-fi book The Three-Body Problem is set for another screen adaptation, with the legendary Zhang Yimou set to direct ... To Live, Hero and House of the Flying Daggers ...

Jia Zhangke, Zhang Yimou and translator at the Pingyao International Film Festival by Christopher Small in Directors , Festivals & Events , Interviews on Nov 26, 2019 ...

For an aspiring filmmaker, it would be hard to find a more difficult path to success than the one faced by Zhang Yimou. Born soon after China’s civil war to a family who supported the losing ...

Director Zhang Yimou is widely considered one of the world’s greatest filmmakers. He began his film career at the Beijing Film Academy in 1978, joining a prestigious group of students who would go on ...