Yimou Zhang

Chinese director, producer and screenwriter Zhang Yimou was born on December 14, 1951 in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province. During the Cultural Revolution, he was expelled from school and sent to an agricultural commune. He worked there for three years and later moved to a textile factory. In his youth, Zhang was fond of drawing and photography. In order to buy a camera, he had to donate blood for 5 months. When the Beijing Film Academy reopened its doors to students, Zhang was 27 years old and unable to more

Chinese director, producer and screenwriter Zhang Yimou was born on December 14, 1951 in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province. During the Cultural Revolution, he was expelled from school and sent to an agricultural commune. He worked there for three years and later moved to a textile factory. In his youth, Zhang was fond of drawing and photography. In order to buy a camera, he had to donate blood for 5 months.
When the Beijing Film Academy reopened its doors to students, Zhang was 27 years old and unable to study there. He was admitted to the exams only after a personal appeal to the Ministry of Culture.

After graduating from the academy, Zhang went to work as an operator in Guangxi. But soon there was a shortage of directors, and he was entrusted to make the film. Debut painting "Red Gaolian" It has achieved great success not only in China but also abroad. At the Berlin Film Festival, the film won the Golden Bear.

Since then, Zhang has been considered an outstanding director and every new film is eagerly awaited. His work has received many prestigious awards, including Silver and two Golden Lions at the Venice Festival, an Oscar nomination.
The general public knows his films. "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers" They have a very good job at the box office.

In addition to cinema, Zhang Yimou directs theater productions. In 2005, Puccini’s opera Turandot was staged in Paris. It was a large-scale production with incredible beauty costumes and scenery, which involved more than 450 extras.

At home, the director was entrusted with staging the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games in 2008. These ceremonies were perhaps the most spectacular in the history of the Games.