“[The movie] made me cry for two reasons,” Zhang ... regaled dinner guests with his long-held fantasy of one day meeting Zhang Yimou. “I used to tell my friends: ‘All I want to do is pour him a cup of ...

With Cliff Walkers, award-winning Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou (Ju Dou, Raise the Red Lantern, Hero) turns his finely tuned eye to the spy genre. The result is twisty and tense, but gorgeous.

Zhang Yimou, Chinese famous film director who has not shown up for several months, accepted the interview of the Dragon News Net and Beijing Cable TV on September 16 and answered their questions ...

A martial arts film directed by Ronny Yu follows Huo Yuanjia, a martial arts master, who returns to Tianjin after a string of ...

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 ...

Movies // 7 years ago Matt Damon on his 'Great Wall' director: 'I had been chasing Zhang Yimou for 20 years' Matt Damon says working with famed filmmaker Zhang Yimou on "The Great Wall" was a ...

Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou this week made his first-ever trip to the Far East Film Festival in Italy's Udine, and appeared to fall in love with the theatrical and festival experience all over ...

BEIJING--Renowned Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou is promising a simpler opening ceremony for next month's Beijing Winter Games with a bold and unprecedented way of lighting the Olympic flame.