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| Affiliation | Nonpartisan |
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| Name | Zhang Yimou |
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November 14, 1951
(72 years)
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| Contributor | Ashley |
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Dec 17, 2008 06:57am |
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| Info | Zhang Yimou is an internationally acclaimed Chinese filmmaker and former cinematographer. He made his directorial debut in 1987 with the film Red Sorghum. One of Zhang's recurrent themes is a celebration of the resilience, even the stubbornness, of Chinese people in face of hardships and adversities, a theme which has occurred from To Live (1994) through to Not One Less (1999). His works are particularly noted for their sensitivity to colour, as can be seen in his early trilogy (like Raise the Red Lantern) or in his wuxia films Hero and House of Flying Daggers.
In 2008 Zhang Yimou directed the Opening and Closing ceremonies at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing China, leading the New York Times to call him "a kind of Chinese Leni Riefenstahl."
Zhang's many awards have led him to be nicknamed the "Award Winning Expert" ("huo jiang zhuanye hu") in his native China
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