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 civil war to a family who supported the losing ...

Movies // 1 decade ago Zhang Yimou ordered to pay $1.24M fine for having ... or in his wuxia films such as Hero and House of Flying Daggers. Zhang Yimou was born in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province.

Veteran mainland Chinese director Zhang Yimou is to be honored twice over at ... Zhang turned to big-screen tentpoles and made "Hero," "House of Flying Daggers" and "Curse of the Golden Flower." ...