Wu Ziniu
Chinese film director · China · On the map · Directors · Born 1953 · age 73
Wu Ziniu, is a Chinese film director and a member of the "Fifth Generation" film movement, a movement of filmmakers who graduated from the Beijing Film Academy in the early 1980s.
Wu Ziniu is read about 8.5 times a day, in 7 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 21 September 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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右玉和她的县委书记们Series, Director, Writer2015
Da ShunSeries, Director2014
Deng Xiaoping at History's CrossroadsSeries, Director2007
Ming DynastySeries, Creator
The Story of Zhen GuanSeries, 2007Director, Creator2005
汗血宝马Series, Director2003
Fiery Loyalty and Soul: The Lone BodyguardSeries, Director2002
World GranarySeries, Director
公民良心Series, 2002Director2001
The Sino-Dutch War 1661Film, Director1999
The National AnthemFilm, Director1995
Don't Cry, NankingFilm, Director1994
Sparkling FoxFilm, Director, Writer1992
Sun MountainFilm, DirectorThe Big MillFilm, 1992Director, Writer1989Golden Rooster Award for Best DirectorAward
Evening BellFilm, 1989Director, Writer1988
Joyous HeroesFilm, Director
The Realm Between Life and DeathFilm, 1988Director1986
The Last Day of WinterFilm, Director1985
Dove TreeFilm, Director
From the Crew of Dove Tree: A Shooting DiaryFilm, 1985Himself1984
Secret DecreeFilm, Director1983
The CandidateFilm, Director1953Born3 November 1953People around Wu
Close ties
Chen Kun Wu directed The National Anthem (1999)
Yōko Shimada Wu directed The Sino-Dutch War 1661 (2002)
Chin Han Wu directed Don't Cry (1995)
Vincent Zhao Wu directed The Sino-Dutch War 1661 (2002)
Jiang Qinqin Wu directed The Sino-Dutch War 1661 (2001)
Tang Guoqiang Wu directed Zhen Guan Chang Ge
Tu Men Also in The Realm Between Life and Death (1988)
Filmography 15
29 credits on file
Television 9
Awards
About this person
Unlike his better-known contemporaries, Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige, who made their names with historical dramas, Wu Ziniu is best known for his early war films. His 1985 film on the Sino-Vietnamese War, Dove Tree, was the first film by a Fifth Generation director to be banned by the Chinese government.
