Zhang Yimou
Zhang Yimou (Chinese张艺谋/张艺谋, Pinyin Zhang Yimou; born November 14, 1951 in Xi'an, China) is a Chinese film director. Zhang is the most successful representative of the " Fifth Generation" of Chinese cinema. His films were subject to long time the Aufführverboten the Chinese authorities. However, they ran among other international film festivals and contributed greatly to the reputation of modern Chinese cinema. At the Olympic Summer Games 2008 in Beijing, he has directed at the opening and the closing ceremony.
Biography
Zhang Yimou was born in Xi'an. His family was persecuted during the Cultural Revolution because of their Kuomintang background, he sent for farm work. He then worked in a textile factory in Xianyang.
In 1978 he was admitted as a hobby photographer for the subject camera at the Beijing Film Academy because of its benefits. After graduating in 1982, he was appointed as director of photography on the film studio of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning. There he worked as a cameraman closely with Chen Kaige together, the film marked " Yellow Earth " the beginning of the " Fifth Generation" of Chinese cinema.
In 1987, his move to Xi'an, where his directing career, " Red Sorghum " begins with the international success. Already in his first films Zhang Yimou demonstrates a masterful handling of color dramaturgy that will continue to be his trademark. His films have especially in the early days of rural China as a venue and thematize societal changes based on strong female characters, with their representation Gong Li became famous. Until the production of " Shanghai Triad " were Zhang Yimou and Gong Li also a couple.
From the mid- 1990s, the content of Zhang Yimou's films change. He devotes more and more of the present and turns with " Keep Cool " and " Happy Times " films with an urban background. With the elaborate wuxia drama Hero he was in the wake of Ang Lee's " Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon " also in the genre of martial arts highly successful.
He also staged the opera Turandot in 1998 in the Forbidden City in Beijing, and again in 2005 in several European cities. The production has fallen very monumental with over 500 participants and is primarily used in football stadiums for the performance.
With his company produces Impression show and he staged large live spectacle in China. In October 2003, he brought the open air musical " Impression Sanjie Liu " premiered. It's set in the beautiful river and mountain landscape on the Li River in Yangshuo. In this Naturtheater find 2000 visitors space, since the premiere will be held daily at the show with about 600 actors who are rafters from the surrounding area to a large extent. A similarly monumental show was listed on the West Lake in Hangzhou. To this end, let Zhang Yimou build a large stage in the water, which can be lowered and the evening performances took upwards.
At the Summer Olympics in Beijing, he led on 8 August 2008, the Director at the spectacular opening ceremony and at the closing ceremony on August 24.
After 1988, 2000 and 2003, Zhang Yimou, in 2010 for San qiang pai at jing qi his fourth invitation to the competition of the 60th Berlin Film Festival.
Zhang has two sons and a daughter: for infringement of China's one -child policy, he was sentenced in January 2014 to a fine of the equivalent of U.S. $ 1.24 million.
In July 2013 it was announced that the screenplay was approved to Zhang Yimou's new film based on a revision of the Chinese censors. The title is Guilai (归来, return). In September 2013 began with the shooting of the film.
Screenplay based on the novel Lufan Yanshi ( Yanshi The criminal Lu ) by Yan Geling. In it the story of Lu Yanshi and his wife Feng Wanyu is told from the 30s up to the 90s of the 20th century. Lu Yanshi, played by Chen Daoming, is survived by his family to marry with Feng Wanyu, played by Gong Li forced. Lu Yanshi goes to the USA to study and after his return to China professor. Soon, however, he is told by the new communist government to rightist and spends a long time in a labor camp.
Beginning in March 2014 it was announced that the Censor Board has reviewed a first draft of the film. The film was not only approved, but also received a special commendation. The film was submitted for the International Film Festival in Cannes from 14 to 25 May 2014. In mid-May 2014, are also used in the Chinese cinema of the film.
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Awards
- 2003 Golden Globe for best foreign language film for Hero
- 2003 Berlinale 2003 Alfred Bauer Prize for Hero
- 2002 Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize
- 1999 1999 Venice Golden Lion for Not One Less
- 1995 Cannes Grand Prix for 1995 Technology Shanghai Triad
- 1994 Cannes 1994 Special Jury Prize ( for Best Actor Ge You ) for life!
- 1992 1992 Venice Golden Lion for The history of Qiuju
- 1991 Venice 1991 Silver Lion for the Red Lantern
- 1990 Seminci Golden ear for Ju Dou
- 1988 1988 Berlinale Golden Bear for Red Sorghum
- 1987 Tokyo International Film Festival - Best Actor for Old Fountain