Veteran mainland Chinese director Zhang Yimou is to be honored ... of the Chinese film industry in 2000, Zhang turned to big-screen tentpoles and made "Hero," "House of Flying Daggers" and ...

Director Zhang Yimou is widely considered one of the world’s greatest filmmakers. He began his film career at the Beijing Film Academy in 1978, joining a prestigious group of students who would go on ...

BEIJING--Renowned Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou ... Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards including “Ju Dou” in 1990, “Raise the Red Lantern” in 1991 and “Hero” in 2003.

For an aspiring filmmaker, it would be hard to find a more difficult path to success than the one faced by Zhang Yimou. Born soon after China’s ... Nevertheless, he wasted no time in pursuing his ...