Zhang Yibai

Zhang Yibai
Zhang Yibai
	Zhang attended the premiere of the film My People, My Country in 2019.
Born	Zhang Xiaoling; April 14, 1963 (age 61); Chongqing, People's Republic of China
Occupation(s)	Film director; screenwriter ; producer
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	張ちょう一白いっぱく
Simplified Chinese	张一白いっぱく
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhāng Yībái

Zhang Xiaoling, better known by his stage name Zhang Yibai (simplified Chinese: 张一白いっぱく; traditional Chinese: 張ちょう一白いっぱく) (born 14 April 1963, in Chongqing, China) is a Chinese film director, screenwriter and producer.

Directorial career

Zhang began his career in television and music videos before directing his debut, Spring Subway in 2002.^[1]

Zhang, like many other modern Chinese directors, has focused primarily on life in modern Chinese cities. Spring Subway, for example, follows its protagonist as he wanders through Beijing's subway system, while the mystery-thriller Curiosity Killed the Cat follows its characters through the central China boomtown of Chongqing (also Zhang's hometown).

His next two films, 2007's The Longest Night in Shanghai and 2008's Lost, Indulgence have seen the director's exposure and successes extending increasingly overseas. Longest Night, starring Zhao Wei, constitutes one of the first China-Japan coproductions,^[2] while Lost was selected to premiere at New York City's Tribeca Film Festival in 2008.^[3]

Filmography

Year	English Title	Chinese Title	Notes
2002	Spring Subway	开往春はる天てん的てき地ち铁
2005	About Love	关于爱	Directed segment "Shanghai"
2006	Curiosity Killed the Cat	好奇こうき害がい死し猫ねこ
2007	The Longest Night in Shanghai	夜よる上海しゃんはい	Chinese-Japanese coproduction
2008	Lost Indulgence	秘ひ岸がん
2011	Eternal Moment	将はた爱
2013	Forgetting to Know You	忘了去さ懂你
2014	Five Minutes to Tomorrow	深夜しんや前まえ的てき五ご分ふん钟	as actor
2014	Fleet of Time	匆匆そうそう那な年ねん
2016	Mr. Nian	年とし兽大作さく战	as actor
2016	Run for Love	奔爱
2016	I Belonged to You	从你的てき全ぜん世界せかい路ろ过
2019	My People, My Country	我わが和わ我が的てき祖国そこく	^[4]
2020	Leap	夺冠	as producer
2020	Run For Young	风犬少年しょうねん的てき天空てんくう	^[5]
TBA	Descendants of the Sun ^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b Kraicer, Sally (April 2002). "Spring Subway". chinesecinemas.org. Retrieved 2007-09-23.
^ ^a ^b Kokas, Aynne (2007-07-27). "Shanghai International Film Festival 2007: Capsule Reviews". Asia Pacific Arts Magazine. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
^ ^a ^b Variety Staff (2008-04-16). "Tribeca 2008 Lineup". Variety. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
^ ""我わが和わ我が的てき祖国そこく"七大导演首曝时尚大片陈凯歌か徐じょ峥宁浩ひろし管かん虎とら强强ごわごわ联手献けんじ礼れい建国けんこく70年ねん". Mtime (in Chinese). April 25, 2019.
^ "《风犬少年しょうねん的てき天空てんくう》张一白彭昱畅开启新一代青春元年". Netease (in Chinese). December 27, 2019.
^ ^a ^b Ryan, Fergus (July 5, 2016). "Hit Korean TV Drama 'Descendants' to be Remade as Chinese Film". China Film Insider. Retrieved July 6, 2016.

External links

Zhang Yibai at IMDb
Zhang Yibai at AllMovie
Zhang Yibai at the Chinese Movie Database

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[kraicer-1] Kraicer, Sally (April 2002). "Spring Subway". chinesecinemas.org. Retrieved 2007-09-23.

[ucla-2] Kokas, Aynne (2007-07-27). "Shanghai International Film Festival 2007: Capsule Reviews". Asia Pacific Arts Magazine. Retrieved 2008-08-05.

[variety-3] Variety Staff (2008-04-16). "Tribeca 2008 Lineup". Variety. Retrieved 2008-05-08.

[4] ""我わが和わ我が的てき祖国そこく"七大导演首曝时尚大片陈凯歌か徐じょ峥宁浩ひろし管かん虎とら强强ごわごわ联手献けんじ礼れい建国けんこく70年ねん". Mtime (in Chinese). April 25, 2019.

[5] "《风犬少年しょうねん的てき天空てんくう》张一白彭昱畅开启新一代青春元年". Netease (in Chinese). December 27, 2019.

[insider-6] Ryan, Fergus (July 5, 2016). "Hit Korean TV Drama 'Descendants' to be Remade as Chinese Film". China Film Insider. Retrieved July 6, 2016.

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