Zhang Yimou，bom in 1951 in Xi'a,．ShaanXi Province，once went to settle down in the country side，and worked at a state-Owned cotton textlle factory. He graduated from the Photography Department of the Beijing Film Academy in 1982．Zhang Yimou，Chen Kaige and Tian Zhuangzhuang are the representative directors of the fifth generation Of the Chinese cinema. Zhang Yimou was director of photography for two films，One and Eight and Yellow Earth,and directed many famous films, such as Red Sorghum, The Story of Qiuju, Raisethe Red Lantern, Hero, Ambush from All Sides and Curse of the Golden Flower, He is a standard-bearer of the Chinese cinema，Leading it on a march to the Outside world．In 2008，the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing olympic Games with Zhang Yimou as chief director were great successes．His achievements have been recognized not only in China but throughout the world．
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01 Zhang Yimou in His Early Youth 02 His Dream Comes True with the Passage of Time 03 One and Eight,Where the Dream Starts 04 Yellow Earth—a Dream in 1984 05 The Big Parade—Last Movie Jointly Made by Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige 06 Old Well—Zhang Yimou Becomes a Film Emperor 07 Red Sorghum—Two Women Behind a Successful Man 08 Fight and Love with a Terracotta Warrior—Two Lovers Who Cannot Escape Theri Fate 09 Code Name“Cougar”—Zhangg Yimou Suffers a Critical Defeat 10 Ju Dou—Zhang Yimou Walks Towards the Altar of Directors 11 Raise the Red Lantern—a Master of Color 12 The Story of Qiuju—Trying to Break out of the Old Mode 13 To Live—an Embarrassingly Successful Film 14 Shanghai Triad—the Fate Zhang Yimou Cannot Shake off 15 Keep Cool—an Absurd City Movie ……
Zhang Yimou:From a man of Northwest China to the chief director of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
