Chinese name 侯詠 (traditional) Role Filmmaker Name Hou Yong | Pinyin Chinese name 侯咏 (simplified) Education Beijing Film Academy | |
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Origin People's Republic of China Occupation Cinematographer, film director Awards Golden Rooster Award for Best Cinematography Movies Jasmine Women, Lady of the Dynasty, The Road Home, Not One Less, The Blue Kite Similar People Tian Zhuangzhuang, Zhao Fei, Joan Chen, Zhang Ziyi, San Bao | ||
Hou Yong (Chinese: 侯咏; born 1960) is a Chinese filmmaker and cinematographer. He is perhaps best known for his collaboration with director Zhang Yimou, though he has worked with many of China's major directors. Like some of Zhang's other cinematographers (notably Lü Yue, whom Hou replaced), Hou has also moved into the directing world. In 2004, he directed Jasmine Women starring Zhang Ziyi.
Hou began his career after graduating from the Beijing Film Academy in 1982 in the same class as Fifth Generation directors Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, and Tian Zhuangzhuang. Hou's early career was spent mainly on Fifth Generation projects, notably those of Tian, and Wu Ziniu. By the late 1990s, Hou began collaborating with Zhang Yimou for a series of films during Zhang's realist period.