Zhang Yimou's selfishness quietly brought his daughter into the director's circle, and he strongly promoted his eldest son in "Man Jiang Hong"

When creating movies, many directors like to carry private goods, and arrange their seven aunts and eight aunts to the crew, acting if they can act, working hard, anyway, fertile water does not flow into the fields of outsiders.

Jiang Wen, a genius in the directing industry, has repeatedly carried private goods in the movies he directed, often arranging his wife Zhou Yun into important roles, but all of them complement each other, and Zhou Yun is indeed amazing.

In addition, the husband directs the protagonist of his wife, as well as Jia Zhangke and Zhao Tao, Guan Hu and Liang Jing, etc., and even Zhang Yimou, who is selfless and dedicated to artistic creation, will be a little careful.

However, Zhang Yimou's way is more low-key, not as direct as Jiang Wen and other directors, he will let his family do some behind-the-scenes work, such as he took his eldest daughter Zhang Mo into the film industry.

[1] Zhang Yimou and Xiao Hua

Zhang Mo is the child of Zhang Yimou and his original wife Xiao Hua, Zhang Yimou and Xiao Hua are classmates, and when they went to the countryside together, they sparked love, at that time, the old and ugly Zhang Yimou and Xiao Hua's conditions were far from the same, but Xiao Hua still insisted on marrying Zhang Yimou despite his parents' opposition.

Zhang Yimou was admitted to the Beijing Film Academy after marriage, and after graduation, he was assigned to Guangxi Film Studio as a photographer, and he got together with his wife less and separated more, but his progress in the film industry was very rapid, and when Zhang Mo was born, Zhang Yimou was still making movies abroad.

Zhang Yimou's love for movies immersed him in movies and made rapid progress, and soon he gained a foothold in the circle, thinking that he would let Xiao Hua live a good life, but Xiao Hua became a joke in this marriage.

When Zhang Mo was 4 years old, Zhang Yimou had feelings with Gong Li because of the filming of "Red Sorghum" and chose to divorce Xiao Hua.

Of course, Zhang Mo, who has already understood things, has always been very disgusted with Gong Li, thinking that Gong Li ruined his family and childhood.

[2] Zhang Yimou took Zhang Mo into the industry

Zhang Mo originally studied architecture at Columbia University, but I don't know if it was because of his father's influence and also liked the film industry, Zhang Yimou knew that the director's job was not easy, and he rejected Zhang Mo's daughter to inherit her father's business.

Zhang Mo, who grew up in a broken family, was precocious and flamboyant, and when she grew up, she became more persistent, and finally, on the recommendation of Ang Lee, she successfully entered the screenwriting and directing major of New York University Film School.

Although he does not support it, since his daughter has chosen, Zhang Yimou cannot see his daughter suffering and not reach out to help, especially Zhang Yimou has always felt that he owes his eldest daughter Zhang Mo.

In 2009, under the arrangement of Zhang Yimou, Zhang Mo worked as an editor and subtitle engineer in the movie "Three Guns Shooting Surprise", starting from the most basic work and deciding to take his daughter into the industry.

Zhang Yimou's support for his daughter is meticulous and thoughtful, he very low-key stuffed his daughter into the crew, did not let her pick the beam at the beginning, but let her start from the most basic work and slowly exercise her ability.

There is a good saying, the parents' beloved son is far-reaching, which shows director Zhang Yimou's good intentions for his precious daughter.

In 2010, when Zhang Yimou directed "The Love of Hawthorn Tree", he arranged the work of assistant director, editor and subtitle artist for Zhang Mo in the crew.

It can be seen from here that Zhang Yimou began to recognize his daughter's ability, starting from the editor and subtitle artist, and gradually let her take up the work of the director team.

The following year, Zhang Yimou immediately devoted himself to the creation of "Jinling Thirteen", this time, Zhang Mo took the same position, because of her study abroad experience, she also served as a translator and personal assistant for Christian Bale.

Being in an excellent creative team, as long as he is willing to work hard, Zhang Mo will definitely learn a lot of things, after all, a big director like Zhang Yimou must be a leader in the industry.

In 2013, it can be regarded as an important turning point in Zhang Mo's life, because Zhang Yimou and Gong Li cooperated again, that is, the movie "Return", Zhang Mo and Gong Li have been at odds before, but this time Zhang Mo served as the editor-editor and subtitter-chanter, and was responsible for the translation of the film subtitles, and the two naturally looked up and did not look down.

At this time, Zhang Mo is no longer the little girl who misses her original family, she has experienced a failed marriage, loved others, and been hurt by loved ones, perhaps she understands that in the world of marriage and feelings is not black and white, and she loves movies as much as Gong Li.

So, this time, there were no bad words, and the two people smiled and hugged each other at the launch of the 67th Cannes Film Festival "Return".

Zhang Yimou, who was standing next to him, should have felt a lot of emotion when he saw this scene.

One is a former lover, the other is a beloved daughter, all three have the same love for movies, and now they are all working hard for the same work, this experience must be very profound.

In 2016, Zhang Mo began to provoke the beam and independently directed the script "28-year-old minor" written by himself.

This is his debut as a director, and the film finally won 129 million yuan at the box office, and Zhang Mo also won the "10th China Screen Billboard" New Director of the Year Award and the "14th China Changchun Film Festival Awards Ceremony" Best Debut Award for this film.

Although his daughter has the idea of creating independently, Zhang Yimou still wants to continue to escort.

In 2021, "Sniper" directed by Zhang Yimou involved Zhang Mo again, and this time the two co-directed the film.

In this film, the division of labor between father and daughter is very clear, in Zhang Mo's own phone: "To put it simply, that is, the actor who speaks English belongs to me, and the Chinese belongs to him (Zhang Yimou). ”

When filming this film, there were not many opportunities for the father and daughter to meet, because the two people filmed in different locations, and it can be said that they were divided into two "mountains".

In fact, an important reason for this arrangement is that there will be the sound of shells during the filming process, and the two parties are separated to avoid affecting the recording.

When it comes to the shaping of characters, Zhang Mo has her own opinions, she believes that although the background of the story is war, the final return of participating in the war is a person who cannot escape the limitations of human nature, so no matter what, the soldiers must have a human look.

Zhang Mo also does not want to make Western faces genetic, but try to show what is real in them. "I want to portray them as flesh and blood, like individuals, not as so-called fighting machines," she said. ”

Someone once asked Zhang Mo such a question: "What female filmmakers have influenced and inspired you?" ”

Zhang Mo replied: "When you ask this, my first thought is when I was twelve or thirteen years old, I went to my father's crew to visit the class, and when I saw them for the first time - the production director or executive director, I thought they were so cool, dressed very well, mingled with everyone, and did their work well, I thought they were so dashing." ”

Perhaps it was these people who inspired Zhang Mo's career ideals, and she decided at that time that she would be such a professional woman in the future, independent and confident. "Many years later, I found out that many of these people were still around my father, and they had been working together for twenty years. They're still cool, and they're more sedated, mature, and peaceful. ”

From this paragraph, we can see Zhang Mo's love for movies, as well as his pride and honor as a filmmaker. As the daughter of a great director, she inevitably has to come into contact with movies, and she does fall in love with movies.

With the help of her father, as long as she is willing to work hard, she can gain a foothold in the film industry, because she has a learning environment that many people who also love movies cannot seek, which is a very rare learning resource.

Good soil can create sweet fruits, I hope Zhang Mo can bring good works to everyone.

[3] Zhang Yimou and eldest son Zhang Yinan

In addition to his daughter, Zhang Yimou is also supporting his eldest son, Zhang Yinan.

His name is not as exposed as Zhang Mo, but in the 2023 Spring Festival movie "Manjiang Hong", Zhang Yinan played a role, although it was only an inconspicuous small role that appeared at the end of the movie, but many close-ups of him appeared in the movie and subtitled him with character introduction.

Zhang Yimou probably intended to take his son to debut.

However, his approach is still relatively low-key compared to director Chen Kaige, after all, director Kaige directly let his son play the starring role, and the object of cooperation is still Liu Haoran, a popular student whose acting skills and appearance are not bad, but Chen Feiyu did not provoke the beam, and was repeatedly complained by netizens.

So, does Zhang Yinan have the ability to make Zhang Yimou reuse?

Zhang Yinan was influenced by his father as a big director since he was a child, became interested in film, and learned photography techniques. It is said that he was already working as a photography assistant for his father at the age of 16, responsible for the shooting of some scenes and stills, which shows that Zhang Yimou has a certain recognition of his son's photography ability.

The tiger father has no dog son, and Zhang Yinan has already won the Best Cinematography Award at the Asian International Youth Film Festival when he graduated from high school, which corresponds to his father's old profession - photography. Director Zhang Yimou was actually mainly engaged in photography before, and later came into contact with the film industry before switching to directing.

In addition, Zhang Yinan can't wait to shoot his own work, so he independently shot the micro-film "Over There", which also won three awards at the Shanghai Student Film Festival for Best Film, Best Director and Best Music.

His mother, Chen Ting, Mr. Zhang's second wife, congratulated him on Weibo.

Not only that, when Zhang Yimou filmed "Sniper", he was also invited to the group to study, currently he is only a young man in his early twenties, but I believe that under the words and deeds of his father and the cultivation of a good environment, he can also become an independent filmmaker in the future.

However, from the current situation, Zhang Yimou seems to intend to let his son also try to stand in front of the camera, we don't know which direction this young man will develop in the future, is it an actor standing in front of the camera or a director sitting behind the camera?

After all, her sister Zhang Mo has become a relatively mature director, and Zhang Yinan's film career has just begun.

Pity the hearts of parents in the world, Zhang Yimou, who is 70 years old, first took his daughter into the industry, and then held his son on the road, although he carried private goods, it is also common for people. More importantly, his children are also very good, they are not talked about, everything is going in the best direction, bless them!