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Yimou Zhang

Awards

Yimou Zhang

206 wins & 187 nominations

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

  • Li Sun and Chao Deng in Shadow (2018)
    2019 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Director
    • Shadow
  • Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Ziyi Zhang in House of Flying Daggers (2004)
    2005 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Director
    • House of Flying Daggers

Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards

  • Gong Li in Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
    1993 Winner Silver Condor
    • Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
    • Raise the Red Lantern
    China.
  • Ju Dou (1990)
    1992 Winner Silver Condor
    • Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
    • Ju Dou
    China.

Australian Film Institute

  • Gong Li in Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
    1993 Nominee Best Foreign Film Award
    • Raise the Red Lantern

Berlin International Film Festival

  • Haocun Liu, Wei Fan, and Yi Zhang in One Second (2020)
    2019 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • Best Film
    • One Second
  • Shawn Dou and Dongyu Zhou in Under the Hawthorne Tree (2010)
    2011 Nominee Crystal Bear
    • Generation 14plus - Best Feature Film
    • Under the Hawthorne Tree
  • Ni Yan in A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop (2009)
    2010 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
  • Maggie Cheung, Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Donnie Yen, and Ziyi Zhang in Hero (2002)
    2003 Winner Alfred Bauer Award
    • Hero
  • Maggie Cheung, Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Donnie Yen, and Ziyi Zhang in Hero (2002)
    2003 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • Hero

Bodil Awards

  • The Road Home (1999)
    2001 Nominee Bodil
    • Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke amerikanske film)
    • The Road Home

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

  • Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Ziyi Zhang in House of Flying Daggers (2004)
    2004 Winner BSFC Award
    • Best Director
    • House of Flying Daggers

BAFTA Awards

  • Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Ziyi Zhang in House of Flying Daggers (2004)
    2005 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Film not in the English Language
    • House of Flying Daggers
    Shared with: Bill Kong
  • Gong Li in To Live (1994)
    1995 Winner BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Film not in the English Language
    • To Live
    Shared with: Fu-Sheng Chiu
  • Gong Li in Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
    1993 Winner BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Film not in the English Language
    • Raise the Red Lantern
    Shared with: Fu-Sheng Chiu

Brussels Film Festival (BRFF)

  • Red Sorghum (1988)
    1989 Winner Youth Jury Award
    • Best Picture
    • Red Sorghum

Cairo International Film Festival

  • Yimou Zhang
    2012 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

Cannes Film Festival

  • Gong Li in Shanghai Triad (1995)
    1995 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Shanghai Triad
  • Gong Li in To Live (1994)
    1994 Winner Grand Prize of the Jury
    • To Live
    Tied with Burnt by the Sun (1994).
  • Gong Li in To Live (1994)
    1994 Winner Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
    • To Live
    Tied with Burnt by the Sun (1994).
  • Gong Li in To Live (1994)
    1994 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • To Live
  • Ju Dou (1990)
    1990 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Ju Dou

Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival

  • Cliff Walkers (2021)
    2021 Nominee Official Fantàstic Competition
    • Best Motion Picture
    • Cliff Walkers

Chicago International Film Festival

  • Ju Dou (1990)
    1990 Winner Gold Hugo
    • Best Feature
    • Ju Dou
    Shared with: Fengliang Yang

Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain

  • Shawn Dou and Dongyu Zhou in Under the Hawthorne Tree (2010)
    2013 Nominee CEC Award
    • Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
    • Under the Hawthorne Tree

David di Donatello Awards

  • Gong Li in Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
    1992 Winner David
    • Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
    • Raise the Red Lantern

European Film Awards

  • Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Ziyi Zhang in House of Flying Daggers (2004)
    2004 Nominee Screen International Award
    • House of Flying Daggers
    China
  • Not One Less (1999)
    1999 Nominee Screen International Award
    • Not One Less
    China

Udine Far East Film Festival

  • Yimou Zhang
    2024 Winner Golden Mulberry Award
    • Lifetime Achievement
  • Shawn Dou and Dongyu Zhou in Under the Hawthorne Tree (2010)
    2011 2nd Place Audience Award
    • Under the Hawthorne Tree

Ghent International Film Festival

  • Maggie Cheung, Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Donnie Yen, and Ziyi Zhang in Hero (2002)
    2003 Nominee Grand Prix
    • Hero

Florida Film Festival

  • The Road Home (1999)
    2001 Winner Audience Award
    • Best International Feature Film
    • The Road Home

French Syndicate of Cinema Critics

  • Gong Li in The Story of Qiu Ju (1992)
    1993 Winner Critics Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    • The Story of Qiu Ju
    China. Tied with Man Bites Dog (1992).

Golden Bauhinia Awards

  • Maggie Cheung, Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Donnie Yen, and Ziyi Zhang in Hero (2002)
    2003 Nominee Golden Bauhinia
    • Best Director
    • Hero

Golden Horse Film Festival

  • Li Sun and Chao Deng in Shadow (2018)
    2018 Winner Golden Horse Award
    • Best Director
    • Shadow
  • Li Sun and Chao Deng in Shadow (2018)
    2018 Nominee Golden Horse Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Shadow
    Shared with: Wei Li

Golden Rooster Awards

  • Minghao Chen, Yaowen Liu, Xuanfei Chen, Yongdai Ding, Wei Fan, Shan Qiao, Hewei Yu, Yi Zhang, Li Ma, Binlong Pan, Jiayin Lei, Xiao Wang, Xiaochuan Li, Liying Zhao, Ye Gao, and Alan Aruna in Article 20 (2024)
    2024 Nominee Golden Rooster
    • Best Screenplay
    • Article 20
    Shared with: Meng Li
  • Minghao Chen, Yaowen Liu, Xuanfei Chen, Yongdai Ding, Wei Fan, Shan Qiao, Hewei Yu, Yi Zhang, Li Ma, Binlong Pan, Jiayin Lei, Xiao Wang, Xiaochuan Li, Liying Zhao, Ye Gao, and Alan Aruna in Article 20 (2024)
    2024 Winner Golden Rooster
    • Best Film
    • Article 20
  • Snipers (2022)
    2022 Nominee Golden Rooster
    • Best Film
    • Snipers
    Shared with: Mo Zhang
  • Snipers (2022)
    2022 Nominee Golden Rooster
    • Best Director
    • Snipers
    Shared with: Mo Zhang
  • Cliff Walkers (2021)
    2021 Nominee Golden Rooster
    • Best Film
    • Cliff Walkers

Hawaii International Film Festival

  • Yimou Zhang
    2005 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Yimou Zhang
    1995 Winner Vision in Film Award
  • Yimou Zhang
    1985 Winner Excellence in Cinematography Award

Hong Kong Film Awards

  • Minghao Chen, Yaowen Liu, Xuanfei Chen, Yongdai Ding, Wei Fan, Shan Qiao, Hewei Yu, Yi Zhang, Li Ma, Binlong Pan, Jiayin Lei, Xiao Wang, Xiaochuan Li, Liying Zhao, Ye Gao, and Alan Aruna in Article 20 (2024)
    2025 Nominee Hong Kong Film Award
    • Best Asian Chinese Language Film
    • Article 20
  • Full River Red (2023)
    2024 Nominee Hong Kong Film Award
    • Best Asian Chinese Language Film
    • Full River Red
  • Li Sun and Chao Deng in Shadow (2018)
    2020 Nominee Hong Kong Film Award
    • Best Asian Chinese Language Film
    • Shadow
  • Coming Home (2014)
    2015 Winner Hong Kong Film Award
    • Best Chinese Language Film from the Two Coasts
    • Coming Home
  • Christian Bale, Ni Ni, Jia Sun, Bai Xue, Xiting Han, Xinyi Zhang, and Yuemin Li in The Flowers of War (2011)
    2012 Nominee Hong Kong Film Award
    • Best Chinese Language Film from the Two Coasts
    • The Flowers of War

Hundred Flowers Awards

  • Yaowen Liu, Jia Song, Mi Yang, Shishi Liu, Yi Zhang, Jackson Yee, Jiayin Lei, and Yilong Zhu in Scare Out (2026)
    2026 Nominee Hundred Flowers Award
    • Best Director
    • Scare Out
  • Yaowen Liu, Jia Song, Mi Yang, Shishi Liu, Yi Zhang, Jackson Yee, Jiayin Lei, and Yilong Zhu in Scare Out (2026)
    2026 Nominee Hundred Flowers Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Scare Out
    Shared with: Liang Chen
  • Yaowen Liu, Jia Song, Mi Yang, Shishi Liu, Yi Zhang, Jackson Yee, Jiayin Lei, and Yilong Zhu in Scare Out (2026)
    2026 Winner Hundred Flowers Award
    • Outstanding Film
    • Scare Out
  • Minghao Chen, Yaowen Liu, Xuanfei Chen, Yongdai Ding, Wei Fan, Shan Qiao, Hewei Yu, Yi Zhang, Li Ma, Binlong Pan, Jiayin Lei, Xiao Wang, Xiaochuan Li, Liying Zhao, Ye Gao, and Alan Aruna in Article 20 (2024)
    2024 Winner Hundred Flowers Award
    • Best Director
    • Article 20
  • Minghao Chen, Yaowen Liu, Xuanfei Chen, Yongdai Ding, Wei Fan, Shan Qiao, Hewei Yu, Yi Zhang, Li Ma, Binlong Pan, Jiayin Lei, Xiao Wang, Xiaochuan Li, Liying Zhao, Ye Gao, and Alan Aruna in Article 20 (2024)
    2024 Nominee Hundred Flowers Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Article 20
    Shared with: Meng Li

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • Gong Li in The Story of Qiu Ju (1992)
    1994 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    • The Story of Qiu Ju
    China/Hong Kong.
  • Gong Li in Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
    1993 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Raise the Red Lantern
    China/Hong Kong/Taiwan.

Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival

  • Yimou Zhang
    2002 Winner Master of Cinema

Isfahan International Festival of Films for Children & Young Adults

  • Not One Less (1999)
    2001 Winner Golden Butterfly
    • Best Film
    • Not One Less

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

  • Gong Li in Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
    1992 Nominee Silver Ribbon
    • Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
    • Raise the Red Lantern

Ljubljana International Film Festival

  • The Road Home (1999)
    2000 Winner Audience Award
    • The Road Home

London Critics Circle Film Awards

  • Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Ziyi Zhang in House of Flying Daggers (2004)
    2005 Nominee ALFS Award
    • Director of the Year
    • House of Flying Daggers

BFI London Film Festival

  • Li Sun and Chao Deng in Shadow (2018)
    2018 Nominee Best Film
    • Official Competition
    • Shadow

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

  • Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Ziyi Zhang in House of Flying Daggers (2004)
    2004 Winner LAFCA Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    • House of Flying Daggers
    China/Hong Kong.
  • Gong Li in Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
    1992 2nd Place LAFCA Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Raise the Red Lantern

AFI Fest

  • Keep Cool (1997)
    1997 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Keep Cool

Miami Film Festival

  • Haocun Liu, Wei Fan, and Yi Zhang in One Second (2020)
    2022 Winner Rene Rodriguez Critics Award
    • One Second
  • Li Sun and Chao Deng in Shadow (2018)
    2019 Nominee Knight Competition Grand Jury Prize
    • Best Film
    • Shadow

Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival

  • Red Sorghum (1988)
    1989 Winner Sliver Antigone
    • Red Sorghum

Montréal World Film Festival

  • Yimou Zhang
    1995 Winner Grand Prix Special des Amériques
    On the occasion of the centennial of cinema, for his exceptional contribution to the cinematographic art.

Nantes Three Continents Festival

  • Yellow Earth (1984)
    1985 Winner Best Cinematography
    • Yellow Earth

National Board of Review, USA

  • Yimou Zhang
    1995 Winner Freedom of Expression Award

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

  • Maggie Cheung, Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Donnie Yen, and Ziyi Zhang in Hero (2002)
    2005 Winner NSFC Award
    • Best Director
    • Hero
    • House of Flying Daggers

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Ziyi Zhang in House of Flying Daggers (2004)
    2004 2nd Place NYFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • House of Flying Daggers

Online Film Critics Society Awards

  • Maggie Cheung, Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Donnie Yen, and Ziyi Zhang in Hero (2002)
    2005 Nominee OFCS Award
    • Best Director
    • Hero

Huabiao Film Awards

  • Minghao Chen, Yaowen Liu, Xuanfei Chen, Yongdai Ding, Wei Fan, Shan Qiao, Hewei Yu, Yi Zhang, Li Ma, Binlong Pan, Jiayin Lei, Xiao Wang, Xiaochuan Li, Liying Zhao, Ye Gao, and Alan Aruna in Article 20 (2024)
    2025 Winner Huabiao Film Award
    • Outstanding Film
    • Article 20
  • Matt Damon in The Great Wall (2016)
    2018 Nominee Huabiao Film Award
    • Outstanding Film
    • The Great Wall
  • Coming Home (2014)
    2016 Nominee Huabiao Film Award
    • Outstanding Film
    • Coming Home
  • Christian Bale, Ni Ni, Jia Sun, Bai Xue, Xiting Han, Xinyi Zhang, and Yuemin Li in The Flowers of War (2011)
    2013 Nominee Huabiao Film Award
    • Outstanding Director
    • The Flowers of War
  • Christian Bale, Ni Ni, Jia Sun, Bai Xue, Xiting Han, Xinyi Zhang, and Yuemin Li in The Flowers of War (2011)
    2013 Winner Huabiao Film Award
    • Outstanding Film
    • The Flowers of War

Palm Springs International Film Festival

  • Christian Bale, Ni Ni, Jia Sun, Bai Xue, Xiting Han, Xinyi Zhang, and Yuemin Li in The Flowers of War (2011)
    2012 2nd Place Audience Award
    • Best Narrative Feature
    • The Flowers of War
    Runner-Up
  • Yimou Zhang
    2000 Winner Career Achievement Award
    For producing.

Pusan International Film Festival

  • Yimou Zhang
    1999 Winner Hand Printing

Danish Film Awards (Robert)

  • Maggie Cheung, Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Donnie Yen, and Ziyi Zhang in Hero (2002)
    2004 Nominee Robert
    • Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film)
    • Hero

San Sebastián International Film Festival

  • Haocun Liu, Wei Fan, and Yi Zhang in One Second (2020)
    2021 Nominee Golden Seashell
    • Best Film
    • One Second

Shanghai International Film Festival

  • Yimou Zhang
    2026 Winner Outstanding Contribution to Chinese Cinema
  • Minghao Chen, Yaowen Liu, Xuanfei Chen, Yongdai Ding, Wei Fan, Shan Qiao, Hewei Yu, Yi Zhang, Li Ma, Binlong Pan, Jiayin Lei, Xiao Wang, Xiaochuan Li, Liying Zhao, Ye Gao, and Alan Aruna in Article 20 (2024)
    2025 Winner China Movie & TV Night Award
    • Best Screenplay for Film of the Year
    • Article 20
    Shared with: Meng Li · Tianyi Wang
  • Yimou Zhang
    2005 Winner Outstanding Contribution to Chinese Cinema

Art Directors Guild

  • Yimou Zhang
    2005 Winner Contribution to Cinematic Imagery Award

Stockholm Film Festival

  • Gong Li in Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
    1991 Nominee Bronze Horse
    • Raise the Red Lantern

Sundance Film Festival

  • The Road Home (1999)
    2001 Winner Audience Award
    • World Cinema
    • The Road Home

Sydney Film Festival

  • Red Sorghum (1988)
    1988 Winner FIPRESCI Prize
    • Red Sorghum

São Paulo International Film Festival

  • Not One Less (1999)
    1999 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Feature
    • Not One Less

Tokyo International Film Festival

  • Yimou Zhang
    2023 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Yujing Liang and Yimou Zhang in The Old Well (1987)
    1987 Winner Best Actor Award
    • The Old Well

Valladolid International Film Festival

  • Coming Home (2014)
    2014 Nominee Golden Spike
    • Best Film
    • Coming Home
  • Shawn Dou and Dongyu Zhou in Under the Hawthorne Tree (2010)
    2011 Nominee Golden Spike
    • Best Film
    • Under the Hawthorne Tree
  • Happy Times (2000)
    2002 Winner Silver Spike
    • Best Film
    • Happy Times
    Unanimously.
  • Happy Times (2000)
    2002 Winner FIPRESCI Prize
    • Happy Times
    For its powerful appeal to preserve the human hopes for happiness, made in a humorous-drama style.
  • Happy Times (2000)
    2002 Nominee Golden Spike
    • Best Film
    • Happy Times

Vancouver International Film Festival

  • Gong Li in The Story of Qiu Ju (1992)
    1992 Winner Most Popular Film
    • The Story of Qiu Ju
    Tied with Strictly Ballroom (1992).

Venice Film Festival

  • Yimou Zhang
    2018 Winner Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award
  • Not One Less (1999)
    1999 Winner Golden Lion
    • Not One Less
  • Not One Less (1999)
    1999 Winner Laterna Magica Prize
    • Not One Less
  • Not One Less (1999)
    1999 Winner Sergio Trasatti Award
    • Not One Less
  • Not One Less (1999)
    1999 Winner UNICEF Award
    • Not One Less

Fajr Film Festival

  • The Road Home (1999)
    2001 Winner Crystal Simorgh
    • International Competition - Best Film
    • The Road Home

German Film Critics Association Awards

  • Red Sorghum (1988)
    1989 Nominee German Film Critics Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film(Bester fremdsprachiger Film)
    • Red Sorghum

Oslo Films from the South Festival

  • Shawn Dou and Dongyu Zhou in Under the Hawthorne Tree (2010)
    2011 Nominee Silver Mirror Award
    • Best Feature
    • Under the Hawthorne Tree

Marrakech International Film Festival

  • Yimou Zhang
    2012 Winner Honorary Award of the Festival
    • Outstanding Achievement Award

Amanda Awards, Norway

  • Ju Dou (1990)
    1991 Winner Amanda
    • Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske spillefilm)
    • Ju Dou

Grand Bell Awards, South Korea

  • Yimou Zhang
    2012 Winner Special Award
    • Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema

Changchun Film Festival

  • Minghao Chen, Yaowen Liu, Xuanfei Chen, Yongdai Ding, Wei Fan, Shan Qiao, Hewei Yu, Yi Zhang, Li Ma, Binlong Pan, Jiayin Lei, Xiao Wang, Xiaochuan Li, Liying Zhao, Ye Gao, and Alan Aruna in Article 20 (2024)
    2024 Winner Golden Deer
    • Best Director
    • Article 20
  • Full River Red (2023)
    2023 Nominee Golden Deer
    • Best Director
    • Full River Red
  • Snipers (2022)
    2022 Nominee Golden Deer
    • Best Film
    • Snipers
    Shared with: Mo Zhang
  • Cliff Walkers (2021)
    2021 Nominee Golden Deer
    • Best Director
    • Cliff Walkers
  • Cliff Walkers (2021)
    2021 Nominee Golden Deer
    • Best Film
    • Cliff Walkers

Kinema Junpo Awards

  • Coming Home (2014)
    2016 Nominee Readers' Choice Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • Coming Home
  • Maggie Cheung, Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Donnie Yen, and Ziyi Zhang in Hero (2002)
    2004 Nominee Kinema Junpo Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • Hero
  • Gong Li in To Live (1994)
    2003 Nominee Readers' Choice Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • To Live
  • The Road Home (1999)
    2002 Winner Readers' Choice Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • The Road Home
  • The Road Home (1999)
    2002 Winner Readers' Choice Award
    • Best Director
    • The Road Home

Chlotrudis Awards

  • Li Sun and Chao Deng in Shadow (2018)
    2020 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Director
    • Shadow

Turia Awards

  • Gong Li in Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
    1993 Winner Turia Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Raise the Red Lantern

Love is Folly International Film Festival, Bulgaria

  • Ju Dou (1990)
    1993 Nominee Golden Aphrodite
    • Best Film
    • Ju Dou

Golden Eagle Awards, Russia

  • Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Ziyi Zhang in House of Flying Daggers (2004)
    2006 Nominee Golden Eagle
    • Best Foreign Film
    • House of Flying Daggers

Asian Film Awards

  • Full River Red (2023)
    2024 Winner Top Grossing Asian Film Award
    • Full River Red
  • Yimou Zhang
    2024 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award
    • Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Haocun Liu, Wei Fan, and Yi Zhang in One Second (2020)
    2021 Winner Asian Film Award
    • Best Director
    • One Second
  • Christian Bale, Ni Ni, Jia Sun, Bai Xue, Xiting Han, Xinyi Zhang, and Yuemin Li in The Flowers of War (2011)
    2012 Nominee Asian Film Award
    • Best Director
    • The Flowers of War
  • Yimou Zhang
    2010 Winner Outstanding Contribution to Asian Cinema

Rome Film Fest

  • Haocun Liu, Wei Fan, and Yi Zhang in One Second (2020)
    2021 Nominee BNL People's Choice Award
    • Best Film
    • One Second

Beijing Student Film Festival

  • Yaowen Liu, Jia Song, Mi Yang, Shishi Liu, Yi Zhang, Jackson Yee, Jiayin Lei, and Yilong Zhu in Scare Out (2026)
    2026 Nominee Jury Award
    • Best Film
    • Scare Out
  • Minghao Chen, Yaowen Liu, Xuanfei Chen, Yongdai Ding, Wei Fan, Shan Qiao, Hewei Yu, Yi Zhang, Li Ma, Binlong Pan, Jiayin Lei, Xiao Wang, Xiaochuan Li, Liying Zhao, Ye Gao, and Alan Aruna in Article 20 (2024)
    2024 Nominee Jury Award
    • Best Film
    • Article 20
  • Full River Red (2023)
    2023 Nominee Jury Award
    • Best Film
    • Full River Red
  • Full River Red (2023)
    2023 Winner Jury Award
    • Best Director
    • Full River Red
  • Snipers (2022)
    2022 Winner Jury Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Snipers
    Shared with: Yu Chen

Shanghai Film Critics Awards

  • Minghao Chen, Yaowen Liu, Xuanfei Chen, Yongdai Ding, Wei Fan, Shan Qiao, Hewei Yu, Yi Zhang, Li Ma, Binlong Pan, Jiayin Lei, Xiao Wang, Xiaochuan Li, Liying Zhao, Ye Gao, and Alan Aruna in Article 20 (2024)
    2024 Winner Film of Merit
    • Top Ten Films
    • Article 20
  • Coming Home (2014)
    2014 Winner Film of Merit
    • Top Ten Films
    • Coming Home
  • Red Sorghum (1988)
    2005 Winner Shanghai Film Critics Award
    • Top 22 Film of Chinese Cinema
    • Red Sorghum
  • Maggie Cheung, Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Donnie Yen, and Ziyi Zhang in Hero (2002)
    2005 Winner Shanghai Film Critics Award
    • Top 22 Film of Chinese Cinema
    • Hero
  • Not One Less (1999)
    1999 Winner Shanghai Film Critics Award
    • Best Director
    • Not One Less

Asia Pacific Screen Awards

  • Yimou Zhang
    2011 Winner FIAPF Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film

Telluride Film Festival

  • Yimou Zhang
    1995 Winner Silver Medallion Award

Colorado Film Festival, US

  • Yimou Zhang
    1995 Winner Outstanding Achievement Award

FANCINE Fantastic Film Festival of the University of Málaga

  • Cliff Walkers (2021)
    2021 Winner Official Jury Prize
    • Best Director
    • Cliff Walkers

Macau International Movie Festival

  • Minghao Chen, Yaowen Liu, Xuanfei Chen, Yongdai Ding, Wei Fan, Shan Qiao, Hewei Yu, Yi Zhang, Li Ma, Binlong Pan, Jiayin Lei, Xiao Wang, Xiaochuan Li, Liying Zhao, Ye Gao, and Alan Aruna in Article 20 (2024)
    2024 Winner Golden Lotus Awards
    • Best Feature Film
    • Article 20
  • Minghao Chen, Yaowen Liu, Xuanfei Chen, Yongdai Ding, Wei Fan, Shan Qiao, Hewei Yu, Yi Zhang, Li Ma, Binlong Pan, Jiayin Lei, Xiao Wang, Xiaochuan Li, Liying Zhao, Ye Gao, and Alan Aruna in Article 20 (2024)
    2024 Nominee Golden Lotus Awards
    • Best Director
    • Article 20
  • Minghao Chen, Yaowen Liu, Xuanfei Chen, Yongdai Ding, Wei Fan, Shan Qiao, Hewei Yu, Yi Zhang, Li Ma, Binlong Pan, Jiayin Lei, Xiao Wang, Xiaochuan Li, Liying Zhao, Ye Gao, and Alan Aruna in Article 20 (2024)
    2024 Nominee Golden Lotus Awards
    • Best Screenplay
    • Article 20
    Shared with: Meng Li
  • Snipers (2022)
    2022 Nominee Golden Lotus Awards
    • Best Director
    • Snipers
    Shared with: Mo Zhang
  • Snipers (2022)
    2022 Nominee Golden Lotus Awards
    • Best Feature Film
    • Snipers
    Shared with: Mo Zhang

SESC Film Festival, Brazil

  • Gong Li in Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
    1993 Winner Critics Award
    • Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
    • Raise the Red Lantern

Cinema Bloggers Awards, Portugal

  • Coming Home (2014)
    2016 Nominee Cinema Bloggers Award
    • Best Asian Film
    • Coming Home

Chinese Film Media Awards

  • Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (2005)
    2006 Nominee China Film Media Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
    Shared with: Jingzhi Zou

Chinese American Film Festival (C.A.F.F.)

  • Li Sun and Chao Deng in Shadow (2018)
    2018 Winner Golden Angel Award
    • Outstanding Films
    • Shadow
  • Matt Damon in The Great Wall (2016)
    2017 Winner Golden Angel Award
    • Outstanding Films
    • The Great Wall
  • Christian Bale, Ni Ni, Jia Sun, Bai Xue, Xiting Han, Xinyi Zhang, and Yuemin Li in The Flowers of War (2011)
    2012 Winner Golden Angel Award
    • Outstanding Film
    • The Flowers of War

Beijing International Film Festival

  • Yimou Zhang
    2024 Winner Special Jury Prize
  • Yimou Zhang
    2023 Winner Tiantan Award
    • Lifetime Achievement Award

China Film Director's Guild Awards

  • Minghao Chen, Yaowen Liu, Xuanfei Chen, Yongdai Ding, Wei Fan, Shan Qiao, Hewei Yu, Yi Zhang, Li Ma, Binlong Pan, Jiayin Lei, Xiao Wang, Xiaochuan Li, Liying Zhao, Ye Gao, and Alan Aruna in Article 20 (2024)
    2025 Nominee China Film Directors' Guild Award
    • Best Director
    • Article 20
  • Minghao Chen, Yaowen Liu, Xuanfei Chen, Yongdai Ding, Wei Fan, Shan Qiao, Hewei Yu, Yi Zhang, Li Ma, Binlong Pan, Jiayin Lei, Xiao Wang, Xiaochuan Li, Liying Zhao, Ye Gao, and Alan Aruna in Article 20 (2024)
    2025 Nominee China Film Directors' Guild Award
    • Best Picture
    • Article 20
  • Minghao Chen, Yaowen Liu, Xuanfei Chen, Yongdai Ding, Wei Fan, Shan Qiao, Hewei Yu, Yi Zhang, Li Ma, Binlong Pan, Jiayin Lei, Xiao Wang, Xiaochuan Li, Liying Zhao, Ye Gao, and Alan Aruna in Article 20 (2024)
    2025 Nominee China Film Directors' Guild Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Article 20
    Shared with: Meng Li
  • Minghao Chen, Yaowen Liu, Xuanfei Chen, Yongdai Ding, Wei Fan, Shan Qiao, Hewei Yu, Yi Zhang, Li Ma, Binlong Pan, Jiayin Lei, Xiao Wang, Xiaochuan Li, Liying Zhao, Ye Gao, and Alan Aruna in Article 20 (2024)
    2025 Winner China Film Directors' Guild Award
    • Special Jury Award
    • Article 20
    For Screenplay
    Shared with: Meng Li
  • Yimou Zhang
    2024 Winner Outstanding Contribution to Chinese Cinema

Asian Film Critics Association Awards

  • Li Sun and Chao Deng in Shadow (2018)
    2019 Nominee NETPAC Award
    • Best Picture
    • Shadow
  • Li Sun and Chao Deng in Shadow (2018)
    2019 Nominee NETPAC Award
    • Best Director
    • Shadow
  • Li Sun and Chao Deng in Shadow (2018)
    2019 Nominee NETPAC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Shadow
    Shared with: Wei Li
  • Coming Home (2014)
    2015 Winner NETPAC Award
    • Best Picture
    • Coming Home
  • Coming Home (2014)
    2015 Winner NETPAC Award
    • Best Director
    • Coming Home

First Youth Film Festival

  • Coming Home (2014)
    2014 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Director
    • Coming Home
  • Coming Home (2014)
    2014 Nominee Audience Award
    • Best Film
    • Coming Home

Huading Award

  • Snipers (2022)
    2023 Nominee Huading Award
    • Best Directing for a Motion Picture
    • Snipers
    Shared with: Mo Zhang
  • Snipers (2022)
    2023 Nominee Jin Li hua Award
    • Best Screenplay for a Motion Picture
    • Snipers
    Shared with: Yu Chen
  • Snipers (2022)
    2022 Nominee Huading Award
    • Best Writing for a Motion Picture
    • Snipers
    Shared with: Yu Chen
  • Cliff Walkers (2021)
    2022 Winner Jin Li hua Award
    • Best Director for a Motion Picture
    • Cliff Walkers
  • Cliff Walkers (2021)
    2022 Nominee Jin Li hua Award
    • Best Screenplay for a Motion Picture
    • Cliff Walkers
    Shared with: Yongxian Quan

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

  • Li Sun and Chao Deng in Shadow (2018)
    2019 Nominee Halfway Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Shadow
    Shared with: Wei Li
  • Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Ziyi Zhang in House of Flying Daggers (2004)
    2005 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Non-English Language Film
    • House of Flying Daggers
    China
  • Maggie Cheung, Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Donnie Yen, and Ziyi Zhang in Hero (2002)
    2003 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Non-English Language Film
    • Hero
    China

Order of Arts and Letters, France

  • Yimou Zhang
    2002 Winner Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters
  • Yimou Zhang
    1993 Winner Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters

Chunyan Awards

  • Cliff Walkers (2021)
    2025 Winner Chunyan Award
    • Best Director
    • Cliff Walkers
  • Cliff Walkers (2021)
    2025 Winner Chunyan Award
    • Best Film
    • Cliff Walkers

Guangzhou Student Film Festival

  • Minghao Chen, Yaowen Liu, Xuanfei Chen, Yongdai Ding, Wei Fan, Shan Qiao, Hewei Yu, Yi Zhang, Li Ma, Binlong Pan, Jiayin Lei, Xiao Wang, Xiaochuan Li, Liying Zhao, Ye Gao, and Alan Aruna in Article 20 (2024)
    2024 Nominee Students' Choice Award
    • Best Film
    • Article 20
  • Minghao Chen, Yaowen Liu, Xuanfei Chen, Yongdai Ding, Wei Fan, Shan Qiao, Hewei Yu, Yi Zhang, Li Ma, Binlong Pan, Jiayin Lei, Xiao Wang, Xiaochuan Li, Liying Zhao, Ye Gao, and Alan Aruna in Article 20 (2024)
    2024 Nominee Students' Choice Award
    • Best Director
    • Article 20
  • Minghao Chen, Yaowen Liu, Xuanfei Chen, Yongdai Ding, Wei Fan, Shan Qiao, Hewei Yu, Yi Zhang, Li Ma, Binlong Pan, Jiayin Lei, Xiao Wang, Xiaochuan Li, Liying Zhao, Ye Gao, and Alan Aruna in Article 20 (2024)
    2024 Nominee Students' Choice Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Article 20
    Shared with: Meng Li
  • Cliff Walkers (2021)
    2021 Nominee Students' Choice Award
    • Favorite Director
    • Cliff Walkers
  • Cliff Walkers (2021)
    2021 Nominee Students' Choice Award
    • Favorite Screenplay
    • Cliff Walkers
    Shared with: Yongxian Quan

Indiewire Critics' Poll

  • Li Sun and Chao Deng in Shadow (2018)
    2019 Nominee ICP Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • Shadow

Naples International Film Festival

  • Yimou Zhang
    2005 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

Mumbai International Film Festival

  • Yimou Zhang
    2012 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

20/20 Awards

  • Gong Li in Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
    2012 Nominee Felix
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • Raise the Red Lantern

Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards

  • Li Sun and Chao Deng in Shadow (2018)
    2019 Nominee AACTA Award
    • Best Asian Film
    • Shadow
    Shared with: Ellen Eliasoph · Zhao Zhang · Liwei Pang · Jun Liu · Xiaozhu Wang

Prêmio Guarani

  • Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, and Ziyi Zhang in House of Flying Daggers (2004)
    2006 Nominee Premio Guarani
    • Best Foreign Film
    • House of Flying Daggers
    China.
  • The Road Home (1999)
    2002 Nominee Premio Guarani
    • Best Foreign Film
    • The Road Home
    China.
  • Not One Less (1999)
    2001 Nominee Premio Guarani
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Not One Less
    China.

El Gouna Film Festival

  • Haocun Liu, Wei Fan, and Yi Zhang in One Second (2020)
    2021 Nominee NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film
    • One Second

Canada China International Film Festival (CCIFF)

  • Li Sun and Chao Deng in Shadow (2018)
    2018 Winner Festival Award
    • Best Film
    • Shadow

Hengdian Film Festival of China

  • Haocun Liu, Wei Fan, and Yi Zhang in One Second (2020)
    2021 Nominee WenRong TV Award
    • Best Film
    • One Second

Hainan International Film Festival

  • Yimou Zhang
    2024 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

Pingyao International Film Festival

  • Yimou Zhang
    2019 Winner Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon East - West Award

China Film Critics Association Award

  • Full River Red (2023)
    2023 Winner China Film Critics Award
    • Top Ten Films
    • Full River Red
  • Snipers (2022)
    2022 Nominee China Film Critics Award
    • Film of the Year
    • Snipers
    Shared with: Mo Zhang
  • Snipers (2022)
    2022 Nominee China Film Critics Award
    • Director of the Year
    • Snipers
    Shared with: Mo Zhang
  • Cliff Walkers (2021)
    2021 Nominee China Film Critics Award
    • Director of the Year
    • Cliff Walkers
  • Cliff Walkers (2021)
    2021 Nominee China Film Critics Award
    • Screenwriter of the Year
    • Cliff Walkers
    Shared with: Yongxian Quan

Writers Guild of China Film Association

  • Minghao Chen, Yaowen Liu, Xuanfei Chen, Yongdai Ding, Wei Fan, Shan Qiao, Hewei Yu, Yi Zhang, Li Ma, Binlong Pan, Jiayin Lei, Xiao Wang, Xiaochuan Li, Liying Zhao, Ye Gao, and Alan Aruna in Article 20 (2024)
    2025 Winner WGC Award
    • Outstanding Screenplay
    • Article 20
    Shared with: Meng Li
  • Full River Red (2023)
    2024 Winner WGC Award
    • Outstanding Screenplay
    • Full River Red
    Shared with: Yu Chen
  • Cliff Walkers (2021)
    2023 Winner WGC Award
    • Outstanding Screenplay
    • Cliff Walkers
    Shared with: Yongxian Quan
  • Haocun Liu, Wei Fan, and Yi Zhang in One Second (2020)
    2022 Winner WGC Award
    • Outstanding Screenplay
    • One Second
    Shared with: Jingzhi Zou

Chinese Film (Ningbo·Cixi) Festival

  • Coming Home (2014)
    2015 Winner CCF Award
    • Outstanding Film
    • Coming Home

Zimbabwe International Film Festival

  • Red Sorghum (1988)
    1988 Winner Best Film
    • Red Sorghum
  • Red Sorghum (1988)
    1988 Winner Best Director
    • Red Sorghum
  • Red Sorghum (1988)
    1988 Winner Best Artistic Achievement
    • Red Sorghum

Sir Movie Cultural And Entertainment Industry Award

  • Li Sun and Chao Deng in Shadow (2018)
    2018 Winner Jury Award
    • Best Promotional Film
    • Shadow

Academy Award of Beijing Film Academy

  • Cliff Walkers (2021)
    2022 Nominee Academy Film Award
    • Best Director
    • Cliff Walkers
  • Cliff Walkers (2021)
    2022 Winner Academy Film Award
    • Best Film
    • Cliff Walkers
  • Gong Li in The Story of Qiu Ju (1992)
    1993 Winner Academy Film Award
    • Best Film
    • The Story of Qiu Ju
  • Gong Li in The Story of Qiu Ju (1992)
    1993 Winner Academy Film Award
    • Best Director
    • The Story of Qiu Ju

Weibo Awards Ceremony

  • Yimou Zhang
    2026 Winner Weibo Award
    • Internationally Influential Director
  • Yimou Zhang
    2025 Winner Weibo Award
    • Internationally Influential Director
  • Yimou Zhang
    2024 Winner Weibo Award
    • Most Influential Director
  • Yimou Zhang
    2024 Winner Weibo Movie Award
    • Outstanding Contribution Director
  • Full River Red (2023)
    2023 Winner Weibo Award
    • Most Influential Director
    • Full River Red

Zhi Hu Film and TV Award

  • Haocun Liu, Wei Fan, and Yi Zhang in One Second (2020)
    2020 Winner Zhihu Award
    • Best Directing for a Motion Picture
    • One Second
  • Haocun Liu, Wei Fan, and Yi Zhang in One Second (2020)
    2020 Winner Zhihu Award
    • Best Writing for a Motion Picture
    • One Second
    Shared with: Jingzhi Zou

IFeng Film and TV Award

  • Haocun Liu, Wei Fan, and Yi Zhang in One Second (2020)
    2020 Winner IFeng Award
    • Best Directing for a Motion Picture
    • One Second
  • Haocun Liu, Wei Fan, and Yi Zhang in One Second (2020)
    2020 Nominee IFeng Award
    • Best Picture
    • One Second

Allywood Film Critics Association Awards

  • Cliff Walkers (2021)
    2022 Winner Golden Elm Award
    • Best Director
    • Cliff Walkers
  • Haocun Liu, Wei Fan, and Yi Zhang in One Second (2020)
    2021 Winner Golden Elm Award
    • Best Film
    • One Second

Golden Screenwriters' Night

  • Minghao Chen, Yaowen Liu, Xuanfei Chen, Yongdai Ding, Wei Fan, Shan Qiao, Hewei Yu, Yi Zhang, Li Ma, Binlong Pan, Jiayin Lei, Xiao Wang, Xiaochuan Li, Liying Zhao, Ye Gao, and Alan Aruna in Article 20 (2024)
    2024 Nominee Film Unit
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Article 20
    Shared with: Meng Li
  • Guoli Zhang, Hewei Yu, Dongyu Zhou, and Jiayin Lei in Under the Light (2023)
    2024 Winner Film Unit
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Under the Light
    Shared with: Yu Chen
  • Full River Red (2023)
    2023 Nominee Film Unit
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Full River Red
    Shared with: Yu Chen
  • Cliff Walkers (2021)
    2022 Winner Film Unit
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Cliff Walkers
    Shared with: Yongxian Quan
  • Haocun Liu, Wei Fan, and Yi Zhang in One Second (2020)
    2021 Winner Film Unit
    • Best Screenplay
    • One Second
    Shared with: Jingzhi Zou

China Movie Channel Award

  • Yimou Zhang
    2025 Winner M Ranking
    • Special Award for International Influence Director
  • Yimou Zhang
    2024 Winner M Ranking
    • Outstanding Contribution Award
  • Minghao Chen, Yaowen Liu, Xuanfei Chen, Yongdai Ding, Wei Fan, Shan Qiao, Hewei Yu, Yi Zhang, Li Ma, Binlong Pan, Jiayin Lei, Xiao Wang, Xiaochuan Li, Liying Zhao, Ye Gao, and Alan Aruna in Article 20 (2024)
    2024 Nominee China Movie Channel Award
    • Most Popular Director
    • Article 20
  • Full River Red (2023)
    2023 Winner M Ranking
    • Film of the Year
    • Full River Red
  • Full River Red (2023)
    2023 Winner M Ranking
    • Director of the Year
    • Full River Red

Silk Road International Film Festival China

  • Yimou Zhang
    2024 Winner Golden Silk Road Award
    • Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Full River Red (2023)
    2023 Nominee Golden Silk Road Award
    • Best Film
    • Full River Red
  • Full River Red (2023)
    2023 Winner Golden Silk Road Award
    • Best Director
    • Full River Red

Golden Crane Award

  • Cliff Walkers (2021)
    2021 Winner Golden Crane Award
    • Best Film
    • Cliff Walkers

Golden Carp Film Award

  • Snipers (2022)
    2023 Nominee Chinese Film Competition
    • Best Director
    • Snipers
    Shared with: Mo Zhang
  • Cliff Walkers (2021)
    2022 Nominee Chinese Film Competition
    • Best Director
    • Cliff Walkers
  • Cliff Walkers (2021)
    2022 Nominee Chinese Film Competition
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Cliff Walkers
    Shared with: Yongxian Quan
  • Haocun Liu, Wei Fan, and Yi Zhang in One Second (2020)
    2021 Nominee Chinese Film Competition
    • Best Director
    • One Second
  • Haocun Liu, Wei Fan, and Yi Zhang in One Second (2020)
    2021 Nominee Chinese Film Competition
    • Best Film
    • One Second

Youth Film Manual Annual Award

  • Haocun Liu, Wei Fan, and Yi Zhang in One Second (2020)
    2021 Nominee Youth Film Manual Award
    • Best Director
    • One Second
  • Haocun Liu, Wei Fan, and Yi Zhang in One Second (2020)
    2021 Nominee Youth Film Manual Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • One Second
    Shared with: Jingzhi Zou
  • Haocun Liu, Wei Fan, and Yi Zhang in One Second (2020)
    2021 Winner Youth Film Manual Award
    • Grand Jury Prize
    • One Second
  • Yimou Zhang
    2021 Winner Youth Film Manual Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Film Award
  • Haocun Liu, Wei Fan, and Yi Zhang in One Second (2020)
    2021 Nominee Youth Film Manual Award
    • Outstanding Film
    • One Second

Golden Kite Awards (China)

  • Haocun Liu, Wei Fan, and Yi Zhang in One Second (2020)
    2020 Winner Golden Kite
    • Best Director
    • One Second
  • A Terra-Cotta Warrior (1989)
    1990 Nominee Golden Kite
    • Best Leading Actor
    • A Terra-Cotta Warrior
  • Red Sorghum (1988)
    1987 Winner Golden Kite
    • Best Director
    • Red Sorghum
  • Yujing Liang and Yimou Zhang in The Old Well (1987)
    1987 Nominee Golden Kite
    • Best Leading Actor
    • The Old Well
  • Red Sorghum (1988)
    1987 Winner Golden Kite
    • Best New Director
    • Red Sorghum

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