Film & Stage
Landmark
Zhang Yimou
born 1950
Director of Red Sorghum, Raise the Red Lantern and the 2008 Olympic opening ceremony
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Why they are here
The film director whose work brought Chinese cinema to world audiences from the late 1980s, and who directed the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
A leading figure of the Fifth Generation of Chinese filmmakers, Zhang Yimou won the Golden Bear in Berlin with his debut Red Sorghum in 1988. Raise the Red Lantern and To Live followed, and later the martial arts epics Hero and House of Flying Daggers.
He directed the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
He directed the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
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