Filmmaker Famous Names Starting with Letter Z

Was a Bangladeshi novelist, writer and filmmaker. He is perhaps best-known for his documentary Stop

Was a Bangladeshi novelist, writer and filmmaker. He is perhaps best-known for his documentary Stop Genocide made during the Bangladesh Liberation War. He disappeared on December 30, 1971 trying to locate his brother, the famous writer Shahidullah Kaiser, who was captured and killed by the Pakistan army and/or local collaborators during the last days of the war. Evidences have been found that he was killed among many others when some armed Bihari collaborators and disguised soldiers of Pakistan Army fired on them when they went to Mirpur, a distant place from the main city of Dhaka that was still being held by Pakistani/Bihari collaborators.

Was a Czech film director and screenwriter. He directed 30 films between 1951 and 1985.

Was a Czech film director and screenwriter. He directed 30 films between 1951 and 1985.

Czech animator and illustrator best known for his Mole (Krtek or Krtecek in original) character and

Czech animator and illustrator best known for his Mole (Krtek or Krtecek in original) character and its adventures.He took part in the demonstrations held because of the death of Jan Opletal that lead to the closing of universities and colleges. He was fortunate enough not to be sent to a Concentration camp. Instead he wound up working as an animator.

Was a Czech film director and screenwriter. He directed 32 films between 1950 and 1987.

Was a Czech film director and screenwriter. He directed 32 films between 1950 and 1987.

Is a Chinese actor and director who claims ancestry from Tianjin. Zhang was a Xiangsheng actor and d

Is a Chinese actor and director who claims ancestry from Tianjin. Zhang was a Xiangsheng actor and director before he started working on TV series and films. He has won numerous awards for his performance. He is married to actress Deng Jie and their son Zhang Mo is also an actor.

Is a Chinese film director. As a graduate of the 1982 class of the Beijing Film Academy, Zhang is a

Is a Chinese film director. As a graduate of the 1982 class of the Beijing Film Academy, Zhang is a founding member of the so-called Fifth Generation, a group that also includes in its numbers directors such as Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, and Tian Zhuangzhuang.[1]Trained as a carpenter, Zhang's cinematic career began when he joined the Shanghai Film Studio in the mid-1970s as an actor.[1] Upon his graduation in 1982, Zhang directed the children's film, Red Elephant, with his classmates, Tian, and Xie Xiaojing, and helped the studio head Wu Yigong direct the 1987 West German co-production, The Tribulations of Young Master.[2] Beginning with 1988's Kidnapping Karajan, Zhang has carved himself a niche with urban comedies, often based in the city of Shanghai.[1]

Is a Chinese film producer, director, teacher, and author. He is known as one of the top TV producer

Is a Chinese film producer, director, teacher, and author. He is known as one of the top TV producers in China[1]. His most famous productions include the CCTV adaptations of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature, which include Romance of the Three Kingdoms and The Water Margin, as well as adaptations of Louis Cha's Wuxia novels. He is also known for building large film cities with the support of local governments, that are later developed into tourist attractions.

Was a Chinese film director and playwright. Born in Zhenjiang in China's Jiangsu province, Zhang was

Was a Chinese film director and playwright. Born in Zhenjiang in China's Jiangsu province, Zhang was educated first at Tsinghua University in Beijing, then at Yale University in the United States.Zhang acted in the 1982 film Da ze long she, about an armed conflict between coal miners and management set in the 1920s. In addition to this he also wrote the 1954 war movie Letter with Feather.

Is a Chinese film director and screenwriter who was mainly active in the 1980s. A graduate of the Be

Is a Chinese film director and screenwriter who was mainly active in the 1980s. A graduate of the Beijing Film Academy and contemporary of such acclaimed directors as Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, and Tian Zhuangzhuang, Zhang Junzhao was a prominent early member of China's Fifth Generation filmmakers.[1] His 1984 film One and Eight (Yi ge he ba ge) is well known as a film that marked the advent of the Fifth Generation, while The Shining Arc (Hu guang, 1988) was nominated for the Golden St. George award at the 1989 Moscow International Film Festival.[2]

Is a Chinese film director, screenwriter, and occasional actor. He is the son of Zhang Huaxun, who i

Is a Chinese film director, screenwriter, and occasional actor. He is the son of Zhang Huaxun, who is also a Chinese film director.Zhang grew up in Beijing, studied until 1988 at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangdong, from which he graduated with a degree in Chinese literature, and then went to the Central Academy of Drama (??????), graduating in 1992.[1]Zhang Yang uses a realistic style, and achieved great recognition for his 1999 independent production Xizao (??; English translation: Shower), which was successful at Chinese box offices as well as international film festivals. This was followed in 2001 by Zuotian ("Quitting" in its American release). The actors in this unusual story about a real actor, Jia Hongsheng, and his struggle with drug addiction are Jia himself, Jia's parents, fellow inmates in a mental institution, the director, Zhang, and others playing themselves. The relationship between parents and their grown children is as central to this film as it was in Shower.

Is a Chinese film director.Zhang, like many other modern Chinese directors, has focused primarily on

Is a Chinese film director.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).Zhang's two most recent 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,[2] while Lost was selected to premiere at New York City's Tribeca Film Festival in 2008.[3]

Is an internationally acclaimed Chinese filmmaker and one-time cinematographer. He made his director

Is an internationally acclaimed Chinese filmmaker and one-time cinematographer. He made his directorial debut in 1987 with the film Red Sorghum.

Is a Chinese film director often considered a pioneering member of China's Sixth Generation of filmm

Is a Chinese film director often considered a pioneering member of China's Sixth Generation of filmmakers.[1] Zhang received a BA in Cinematography from the Beijing Film Academy in 1989.[1]Zhang first emerged onto the film scene shortly after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 and as such is often seen as one of the pioneers of the loosely defined Sixth Generation. Despite having graduated from the now prestigious Beijing Film Academy, Zhang decided to eschew his assigned position within the PLA-connected August First Film Studio, choosing instead to produce his films independently.[2] Much of his early films were shot in a documentary-style and Zhang himself referred to these early films (Mama, Sons, and Beijing Bastards) as "documentary feature-films."[3]

Is a Chinese skit and sitcom actor, and recently turned director. Having initially gained immense po

Is a Chinese skit and sitcom actor, and recently turned director. Having initially gained immense popularity from performances on the CCTV New Year's Gala, Zhao is now a household-name comedy actor on Mainland China. He was originally an er ren zhuan performer.Zhao has appeared as an actor in many films, but his breakthrough performance must be in Zhang Yimou's Happy Times (2000) where he played an aging bachelor dying to get hitched.

Was a Chinese filmmaker and is often considered one of the "founding fathers" of the Cinema of China

Was a Chinese filmmaker and is often considered one of the "founding fathers" of the Cinema of China.[1]While with Mingxing, Zheng served not only as screenwriter and director, but as a studio manager and producer, personally writing and directing 53 films before his early death in 1935.[1] Like many of his colleagues during the period, Zheng was devoted to leftist causes and social justice, themes that were evident in many of his works.[2]

Is a Chinese filmmaker. He graduated from the Cinematography Department of the Beijing Film Academy

Is a Chinese filmmaker. He graduated from the Cinematography Department of the Beijing Film Academy in 1975 and is part of the so-called Fifth Generation of Chinese filmmakers..[1]

Was a Chinese film director, born in Taicang, Jiangsu, China. Zhu began his career in the thriving f

Was a Chinese film director, born in Taicang, Jiangsu, China. Zhu began his career in the thriving film industry of Shanghai, directing actresses like Ruan Lingyu with the Lianhua Film Company. After the war, Zhu moved to Hong Kong, where he founded the Longma Film Company along with fellow Shanghai emigrant Fei Mu.

Is a Chinese short story writer turned director.His first published short story, I Love Dollars, was

Is a Chinese short story writer turned director.His first published short story, I Love Dollars, was denounced by some critics as the "shameless and indecent novel of a hooligan.In 1998, he instigated and became identified with the Rupture movement(duanlie) to voice dissatisfaction with the literary establishment. He sent questionnaires to about 70 writers, about 55 of which responded. The responses were sarcastic and mostly expressed discontent, and later spawned publications that nurtured more independence among writers.[2]