Zhang YimouAwards

Born:
January 1, 1950 in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China
Occupation:
Actor, Director, Cinematographer, Producer, Screen Story, Screenwriter
Biography:
Zhang Yimou is one of the best-known directors of the Chinese Fifth Generation and one of the most influential and widely respected filmmakers working today. Zhang was born in 1950, in the city of Xi'an in Shaanxi Province, to a future in Communist China that seemed unpromising; his father was an...Read More
Current News:
Zhang considers war drama, romance as next project

Nov. 18, 2009 1:18 AM ET (AP)

  • House of Flying Daggers

    Best Director

    Won
    Boston Society of Film Critics
    2004

  • Hero

    Best Director

    Won
    National Society of Film Critics
    2004

  • House of Flying Daggers

    Best Foreign Language Film

    Won
    Los Angeles Film Critics Association
    2004

  • House of Flying Daggers

    Best Director

    Won
    National Society of Film Critics
    2004

  • Hero

    Alfred Bauer Prize

    Won
    Berlin International Film Festival
    2003

  • Hero

    Best Director

    Nominated
    Hong Kong Film Awards
    2002

  • Hero

    Best Foreign Language Film

    Nominated
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    2002

  • Hero

    Best Screenplay

    Nominated
    Hong Kong Film Awards
    2002

  • Not One Less

    Golden Lion

    Won
    Venice International Film Festival
    1999

  • To Live

    Grand Jury Prize

    Won
    Cannes Film Festival
    1994

  • Raise the Red Lantern

    Best Foreign Language Film

    Nominated
    British Academy of Film and Television Arts
    1993

  • The Story of Qiu Ju

    Best Foreign Film

    Nominated
    Independent Spirit Awards
    1993

  • The Story of Qiu Ju

    Golden Lion

    Won
    Venice International Film Festival
    1992

  • Raise the Red Lantern

    Best Foreign Film

    Nominated
    Independent Spirit Awards
    1992

  • Raise the Red Lantern

    Silver Lion

    Won
    Venice International Film Festival
    1991

  • Raise the Red Lantern

    Best Foreign Language Film

    Nominated
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1991

  • Ju Dou

    Best Foreign Language Film

    Nominated
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1990

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