Zhang Xiaoling, known professionally as Zhang Yibai (; born 14 April 1963), is a Chinese filmmaker.
Directorial career 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.
Filmography Year English Title Chinese Title Notes/ 2002 Spring Subway 开往春天的地铁 2005 About Love 关于爱 Directed segment "Shanghai" 2006 Curiosity Killed the Cat 好奇害死猫 2007 The Longest Night in Shanghai 夜上海 Chinese-Japanese coproduction 2008 Lost Indulgence 秘岸 2011 Eternal Moment 将爱 2013 Forgetting to Know You 忘了去懂你 as actor 2014 Five Minutes to Tomorrow 深夜前的五分钟 as actor 2014 Fleet of Time 匆匆那年 2016 Mr. Nian 年兽大作战 as actor 2016 Run for Love 奔爱 2016 I Belonged to You 从你的全世界路过 2019 My People, My Country 我和我的祖国 2020 Leap 夺冠 as producer Run for Young 风犬少年的天空 TBA Descendants of the Sun
References
External links
Zhang Yibai at the Chinese Movie Database