Zhang Yimou, 1950 was born in Xi, Shaanxi Province on April 2, 1950. He is a China film director, one of the representatives of the "fifth generation directors" and an honorary doctor of Boston University and Yale University.

1968 turn 197 1 After graduating from junior high school, he worked in the rural areas of Ganxian County, Shaanxi Province. 197 1 turn 1978 Workers of the Eighth Cotton Mill in Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province. 1978 entered the photography department of Beijing Film Academy. 1982 was assigned to Guangxi Film Studio after graduation. 1984 worked as a photographer for the film One and Eight for the first time, and won the China Film Excellent Photographer Award. 1986 starred in the first film "Old Well" and won three best actors. The first film "Red Sorghum" directed by 1987 won the Golden Bear Award at the first China International Film Festival. From then on, I began to realize my own trilogy of film creation, from photographer to actor, and finally to director career. From 1987 to 1999, his films, such as Red Sorghum, Chrysanthemum, Hanging the Red Lantern, The Story of Autumn Chrysanthemum, Living, No Child Left Behind and My Father and Mother, won numerous film awards at home and abroad, and he won three Oscars. After 2002, the commercial films "Hero", "House of Flying Daggers", "Golden Flower in the City" and "flowers of war" directed by the transformation set new box office records in China twice and won the annual Chinese box office champion four times. Zhang Yimou was the chairman of the jury of 18 Tokyo International Film Festival and the jury of the 64th Venice International Film Festival. In 2008, he served as the general director of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympic Games, won the award of "Influencing Chinese around the world" and "Touching the Top Ten People in China" sponsored by CCTV in 2008, and was nominated as the person of the year by Time magazine.

20 13 Zhang Yimou directed the film "Return". 20 14 12, as the chief director of the main promotional film for Beijing's bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. 20 15 planning of the first Hollywood film "The Great Wall". From 2065438 to September 2006, he served as the general director of cultural performances at G20 Summit in Hangzhou, China.