As Director
The Day We Lit Up The Sky
2021
4.0
Zhang Yibai
Acting
Born
May 9, 1963
Place of Birth
Chongqing, China
Biography
Zhang Xiaoling, better known by his stage name Zhang Yibai (simplified Chinese: 张一白; traditional Chinese: 張一白) (born 14 April 1963, in Chongqing, China) is a Chinese film director, screenwriter and producer. Zhang began his career in television and music videos before directing his debut, Spring Subway in 2002. 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, while Lost was selected to premiere at New York City's Tribeca Film Festival in 2008.
The Filmography
As Director
My People, My Country
2019
6.6
As Actor
Midnight Diner
2019
4.8
As Actor
Ash Is Purest White
2018
6.9
As Director
Fleet of Time
2014
5.4
As Actor
Forgetting to Know You
2013
6.0
As Director
Better and Better
2013
4.2
As Director
Eternal Moment
2011
5.2
As Director, As Writer
Lost Indulgence
2008
6.8
As Director, As Writer
Curiosity Kills the Cat
2006
5.9
As Director
About Love
2005
5.8
As Actor
My Father and I
2003
5.9
As Director
Spring Subway
2002
6.6