Wu Ziniu | |||||||
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| Born | 31 October 1952 | ||||||
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter | ||||||
| Years active | 1980s–present | ||||||
| Awards | Silver Bear-Jury Grand Prix 1988 Evening BellGolden Rooster Awards – Best Director 1989 Evening Bell | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 吳子牛 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 吴子牛 | ||||||
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Wu Ziniu (born 31 October 1952), 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.[1] 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.[1] 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.[1]