Ning Ying

Ning Ying
Born1959 (age 6566)
EducationBeijing Film Academy
OccupationFilm director
AwardsGolden Montgolfiere
1993 For Fun
Grand Prix du Cinema du Reel
2002 Railroad of Hope
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese寧瀛
Simplified Chinese宁瀛
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinNíng Yíng

Ning Ying (born 1959 in Beijing) is a female Chinese film director often considered a member of China's "Sixth Generation" filmmaker coterie, a group that also includes Jia Zhangke, Zhang Yuan and Wang Xiaoshuai. However, this is more a result of a shared subject matter than anything else, as chronologically, Ning is closer to the earlier Fifth Generation. Her sister, the screenwriter Ning Dai, is a frequent collaborator and the wife of fellow director Zhang Yuan. In 1997, she was a member of the jury at the 47th Berlin International Film Festival.