Zhang Yuan (director)
Zhang Yuan | |||||||
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Zhang Yuan, Cines del Sur 2007 | |||||||
| Born | October 1963 (age 61) | ||||||
| Occupation | Film director | ||||||
| Spouse | Ning Dai | ||||||
| Awards | Tiger Award - Rotterdam 1996 Sons Best Director - Mar del Plata 1996 East Palace, West Palace Best Director - Gijón 1999 Seventeen Years Special Director's Award - Venice 1999 Seventeen Years | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 張元 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 张元 | ||||||
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Zhang Yuan (simplified Chinese: 张元; traditional Chinese: 張元; pinyin: Zhāng Yuán; born October 1963) is a Chinese film director who has been described by film scholars as a pioneering member of China's Sixth Generation of filmmakers. He and his films have won ten awards out of seventeen nominations received at international film festivals.