Zhang Yimou,1born in Xi, Shaanxi Province on April 2, 950, is a film director in China, one of the representatives of the "fifth generation directors", honorary doctor of Boston University and Yale University, and distinguished professor of Beijing Film Academy. 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 first time in the film One and Eight, 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.

Performance experience:

1984 worked as a photographer in the film One and Eight, which is an epoch-making film in China's film history. With bold composition and unique lens design, he won the 1984 China film excellent photography award. It is listed as the first work of the "fifth generation" filmmakers, and it is better than before in form, content, guidance, photography and aesthetic feeling.

As one of the cinematography, Zhang Yimou began to attract the attention of the film industry. In the same year, Zhang Yimou independently took on the photography of the film Yellow Land. In this film, he fully mobilized the means of photography and showed the simplicity and magnificence of the loess with a unique shape. Reached the excellent system of 1985, and entered the ranks of first-line photographers with the film Yellow Land.