Zhang Yimou

essential information

Early experience

From 1957 to 1962, Zhang Yimou studied in tongjifang primary school in Xi'an. From 1962 to 1966, he studied in Xi'an No.30 middle school. From 1968 to 1971, after graduating from junior high school, he worked in rural Qianxian County of Shaanxi Province. From 1971 to 1978, he worked as a worker in No.8 cotton spinning factory of Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province. In September 1978, after the resumption of the college entrance examination, he entered the Photography Department of Beijing Film Academy. After graduating from Guangxi in July 1982, she became a photographer in Guangxi film studio, and registered residence in Nanning, Guangxi.

Acting experience

1984-1999

In 1984, he worked as a photographer in the film one and eight. This is a film of epoch-making significance in the history of Chinese film. With its bold composition and unique lens design, he won the excellent Photography Award of Chinese film in 1984. It was listed as the first work of the "fifth generation" filmmakers. It is better than other films in terms of form, content, direction, photography and beauty Big breakthrough. Zhang Yimou, as one of the photographers of the film, began to attract the attention of the film industry. In the same year, Zhang Yimou was also an independent photographer of the film "loess land". In this film, he fully mobilized his photographic means to show the simplicity and magnificence of loess with his unique shape. In 1985, he won the best Photography Award of the 5th Golden Rooster Award for Chinese film, the best Photography Award of the 7th Nantes International Film Festival in France, and the Kodak excellent production technology award of the Oriental at the 5th Hawaii International Film Festival. From then on, he stepped into the line of photographers.

In 1986, he worked as a photographer in the film "grand parade". In the same year, Zhang Yimou starred in the film "laojing" directed by Wu Tianming. For his simple and accurate performance, he won the best actor award of the 8th China Golden Rooster Award, the best actor award of the 11th popular film Hundred Flowers Award and the best actor award of the 2nd Tokyo International Film Festival, becoming the first A-level film winner in China.

In 1987, he directed the first film "Red Sorghum". With strong color and bold style, the work praises the national spirit of the Chinese nation, integrates narration and lyricism, realism and freehand brushwork, and gives play to the unique charm of film language. In 1988, it won the Golden Bear Award for best film at the 38th Berlin International Film Festival. This is the first time that China won the Golden Bear Award in the three major international film festivals in the world He won the highest prize. In addition, Red Sorghum won the best feature film award of the 8th China Golden Rooster Award, the best feature film award of the 11th popular film Hundred Flowers Award, the best film award of the 5th Zimbabwe International Film Festival, the best director award, the true and novel feature film award, the film review award of the 35th Sydney International Film Festival, and the silver panda award of the 5th Montpellier International Film Festival in France. The movie episode "sister, you dare to move forward" composed and sung by Zhang Yimou has also become a classic song of the times.

In 1988, he co directed the movie "code named leopard" with Yang Fengliang. In the same year, he starred in the film "the war between ancient and modern terracotta warriors" directed by Cheng Xiaodong, and won the prize of the Paris action film exhibition.

In 1990, he cooperated with Yang Fengliang to direct the film "Ju Dou", which tells a story of "imprisoned passion". The film won the first Louis bunulier special award at the 43rd Cannes International Film Festival in France, the golden ear Award for best film and the best film award for audience selection at the 35th Valladolid International Film Festival in Spain, and the best film award at the Chicago International Film Festival in the United States He was nominated for the 63rd Academy Awards for best foreign language film.

In 1991, he directed the film "red lantern hanging high". The light, shadow, composition and color of the film are very particular, full of cultural flavor and strong symbolic meaning. The film won the Silver Lion Award at the 48th Venice International Film Festival and the International Film Critics Association Award, the 36th Italian David Award for best foreign language film, the 16th popular film Hundred Flowers Award for best feature film, the 46th British Film Academy Award for best foreign language film, the New York Film Critics Association Award for best foreign language film, and nominated the 64th Academy Award for best foreign language film.

In 1992, director of the film "Qiuju fight a lawsuit", the film changed Zhang Yimou's previous style, adopted documentary style, and adopted a large number of semi documentary techniques of non professional actors, which truly reflected the face of contemporary rural China. The film won the Golden Lion Award for best film in the 49th Venice International Film Festival, the best actress award (Gong Li), the best film award in the 13th China Golden Rooster Award, and the excellent film award and honor award of the Ministry of radio, film and television in 1993.

In 1994, he directed the film alive, which is based on the civil war in China and the political movements after the founding of new China. The rich life of the hero reflects the fate of a generation of Chinese people, and is praised by some audiences and critics as Zhang Yimou's best work. The film won the jury award of the 47th Cannes International Film Festival, the best actor award (Ge You) and the humanitarian spirit award, the best foreign language film award of the National Film Critics Association, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association in 1994, the best foreign language film award of the British Film Academy, and was nominated for the best foreign language film award of the Golden Globe Award of American television and film. In the same year, he supervised the production of the movie "overlord of Western Chu".

In 1995, he directed the film "shake, shake, shake to granny bridge". From the perspective of a child, the film reflects the sinister people's mind in the 1930's Shanghai Gang struggle. The whole film is beautifully packaged, and the heroine Gong Li performs a lot of singing and dancing in the film. The film won the best technology award of the 48th Cannes International Film Festival, the best foreign language film award of the National Film Critics Association in 1995, and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. It was also nominated for the best foreign language film award of the Golden Globe Award and the best Photography Award of the Academy Award.

In 1996, director of the film "have a good talk", is an urban light comedy, full of Beijing flavor, humorous, starring Jiang Wen, Li Baotian, Qu Ying and others, Zhang Yimou himself also played a role of migrant workers collecting waste products in the film.

In 1998, Zhang Yimou directed the film "no less than one". The film reflects the current situation of rural education in China and adopts the documentary style. It is a work of Zhang Yimou who completely adopts non professional actors. The film won the Golden Lion Award for best film in the 56th Venice International Film Festival, the best film award of UNESCO, the best film award of Italian film magazine, the best director award of the 19th Golden Rooster Award of Chinese film, the best feature film award of the 22nd hundred flowers award of popular film, the excellent feature film award and best director award of Chinese film Huabiao award, and the 6th Beijing University Students Film Festival The best feature film award, the best film award of the 23rd International Film Festival in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the best director and ten best films award of the 9th Shanghai film critic award, and the best international film award of 1999 "Young Artist Award" of the United States.

In 1999, he directed the film my father and mother. The story is beautiful, affectionate and touching. It is like a prose poem. Reality and memory intersect. Reality is expressed in black and white, and memory is expressed in color. The film won the Silver Bear award of the 50th Berlin International Film Festival, the best feature film award and best director award of the 20th Golden Rooster Award, the best feature film award of the 23rd popular film Hundred Flowers Award, the outstanding feature film award of the 6th China Film Huabiao award, the first prize of the best foreign language film of the year 2000 of Japan screen, and the world film audience selection of the 17th Sundance International Film Festival The best film award of the 19th Iran International Film Festival.

2000-2009

In 2000, he directed the film "happy time", starring Zhao Benshan and Dong Jie, among whom Dong Jie is a new generation of "Mou girl" selected by Zhang Yimou through the Internet. The film won the jury award and silver spike award of the 47th International Film Festival of Valladolid, Spain. In 2001, he received the honorary doctor degree of film science from Moscow Film Academy.

In 2002, the director of the film Hero, the box office in the mainland was 250 million yuan (accounting for a quarter of the total box office of the whole year), and the global box office was 177 million US dollars, which set the highest record in the global box office of Chinese films. Its influence is considered as a milestone in the era of Chinese Blockbusters and plays an important role in promoting the development of China's film industry. In August 2004, when hero was released in the United States, it won the box office champion for two weeks. At the same time, it was named the first of the world's top ten films in 2004 by time magazine. The film won the special innovation award of the 53rd Berlin International Film Festival in 2003, the best director award of the 39th National Film Critics Association Award, the best foreign language film award of Toronto Film Critics Association, the best director award and best co production feature film award of China Film Golden Rooster Award, the best feature film award of the popular film Hundred Flowers Award, and the Hong Kong Film Awards in 14 nominations, and won 7 awards, as well as the 60th American Film Awards The Golden Globe Award for best foreign language film and the 75th Academy Awards for best foreign language film.

In 2004, he directed the film "ambush on all sides", with a box office of 153 million yuan in the mainland and 93 million US dollars in the world. He was the annual champion of Chinese film box office. The film won the market development award and excellent film technology award of the 11th China Film Awards, the best director award of the National Film Critics Association, the best director award of the Boston Film Critics Association, the best foreign language film award of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the best foreign language film award of the North American Radio Film Critics Association, the nomination of the best foreign language film award of the 62nd American Film Golden Globe, and the 77th Osborne Film Awards There are nine nominations for the best Photography Award, nine for the British Academy of film award and four for the Golden Rooster Award.

2005 film "riding alone"

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