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 ... were as important for their substance as for their ...

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 ...

The 2022 Winter Olympics were officially declared open on Friday during a spectacle directed by prominent Chinese director Zhang Yimou. Zhang became the first person to direct two Olympic opening ...

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 ...