Zhang Li
Zhang Li (张黎) is a Chinese director and cinematographer.
Works
明朝秘史
Release Date2007-01-08
Charactersd 导演
Episode Count46
Life After Life
A hare is let loose in the forest, a dog gives chase and the boy tears after them, his father in tentative pursuit. Minutes pass, the forest falls silent, and when the boy re-enters the frame, something has changed: he now speaks with the voice of his dead mother. Mingchung shows little surprise at Xiuying’s return, he even asks why she didn’t come earlier. She says she’ll leave again once she’s completed one simple task, to replant the tree that stands before their now abandoned home.
Release Date2017-06-01
Charactersd Leilei / Xiuying
Vote Count3
曹操传
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count1
Red Cliff
In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao convinced the fickle Emperor Han the only way to unite all of China was to declare war on the kingdoms of Xu in the west and East Wu in the south. Thus began a military campaign of unprecedented scale. Left with no other hope for survival, the kingdoms of Xu and East Wu formed an unlikely alliance.
Release Date2008-07-10
DepartmentCamera
JobDirector of Photography
Vote Count836
Ming Dynasty in 1566
A series based on the events in the reign of the Jiajing Emperor of the Ming dynasty.
Release Date2007-01-08
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count46
Vote Count29
For the Sake of the Republic
Towards the Republic, also known as For the Sake of the Republic and Zou Xiang Gong He, is a Chinese historical television series first broadcast on CCTV in China from April to May 2003. The series is based on events that occurred in China between the late 19th century and early 20th century that led to the collapse of the Qing Dynasty and the founding of the Republic of China. Owing to its portrayal of historical issues deemed politically sensitive by the Chinese government, the series has been subject to censorship in mainland China.
Release Date2003-04-12
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count68
Vote Count17
In the Name of the Brother
In 1945, Harbin has come under the rule of Japan's puppet state known as Manchukuo. Communist agent Song Zhuo Wen successfully infiltrates Harbin Secret Service where Guan Xue holds a post as the chief of special police.
Release Date2024-04-21
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count40
Vote Count4
With You
Based on real people and stories during the fight against the new coronavirus epidemic in mainland China.
Release Date2020-09-29
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count20
Vote Count3
The Road We Have Taken
Nation affairs, family affairs and outstanding soldiers In 1925, two brothers Yang Liren and Yang Chanqing successively left their home for Guangzhou to make a living. With the help of his elder sister Chanhua and CPC members Qu En and Qu Xia, Liqing passed the exam to Huangpu Military College. Influenced by communist thoughts and experiencing East Expedition and Northern Expedition, Liqing became an outstanding soldier...
Release Date2009-06-02
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count50
Vote Count4
Win The Future
Having met with overwhelming success as a regional sales director at Jieke, a major multi-national company poised to claim a lion’s share of the Chinese market, Zhou Rui is thrilled when he learns his business acumen has granted him a huge promotion. Deprived of the sales team he personally trained, Zhou Rui has only his most trusted aide, Fang Wei beside him. To make matters worse, Zhou Rui has recently been assigned an impossible task, with an equally impossible deadline. With pressure mounting from his boss, Zhou Rui’s only hope of survival lies in landing a huge deal with one of the country’s most prestigious banks. As if to add insult to injury, Zhou Rui soon learns that heading up the opposition’s cutthroat team is none other than his first love, Luo Jia.
Release Date2021-12-21
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count40
Vote Count2
1911
China's first President Sun Yat-Sen and military commander Huang Xing lead the revolutionary Wuchang Uprising in a bid to put an end to the reign of the Qing Dynasty.
Release Date2011-09-23
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count156
A World Without Thieves
A con-team couple head west after taking a city businessman for his BMW. But an encounter with a naive young carpenter traveling home with his life savings challenges their fate as thieves.
Release Date2004-12-09
DepartmentCamera
JobDirector of Photography
Vote Count134
Martial Universe
Lin Dong, a child from a small village isn't favored by his clan. By chance, Lin Dong obtains a mysterious artifact that is coveted by many clans in the martial world. Because of this artifact, Lin Dong is approached by many people of different clans and is forcibly involved in various events of the martial universe
Release Date2018-08-07
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count60
Vote Count18
Forty-Nine Days Memorial
A television adaption of Zhang Yimou's 2011 film The Flowers of War. Apart from changes in character relationships and the storyline, there will also be additional plots outlining the events before and after the Nanking Massacre.
Release Date2014-12-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count48
Vote Count1
The Banquet
Crown Prince Wu Luan is in love with Little Wan but left heartbroken when she marries his father, the emperor. The emperor's brother, Li, kills him and Wu Luan tries to avenge his father's death.
Release Date2006-09-14
DepartmentCamera
JobDirector of Photography
Vote Count113
孔子春秋
Release Date2011-07-25
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count1
Military Secrets
Release Date2005-04-13
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count46
Big Shot's Funeral
Don Tyler, a famous film-maker, falls ill on the sets of his movie. Fascinated by the funereal traditions of China, he requests a cameraman named Yoyo to arrange a grand, comedic funeral for him.
Release Date2001-12-21
DepartmentCamera
JobDirector of Photography
Vote Count47
Memoirs in China
The story of two rival families in a small Chinese town of the late Qing Dynasty. Old and new, traditional and modern, tyranny and freedom, collide with each other in a life long competition.
Release Date2008-11-25
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count42
两京十五日
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count1
Jungle Escape
In the 90s, Kuomintang troups rejected by Chiang Kai-shek live in the forest on the border of China
Release Date1986-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Red Cherry
Based on a true story, this horrifying tale follows two orphaned friends as they struggle to survive during World War II.
Release Date1995-12-01
DepartmentCamera
JobDirector of Photography
Vote Count9
A Time to Remember
In this sentimental family drama, a talented young boy is encouraged to pursue a singing career by his priest. Unfortunately, his father is against it.
Release Date1998-07-22
DepartmentCamera
JobDirector of Photography
Vote Count3
Roaring Across the Horizon
After the Korean War, General Feng Shi leads a heroic army into the Gobi Desert on a mission from the Central Committee. At the same time, scientist Lu Guangda returns from the U.S. and says goodbye to his wife. As talented individuals from scientific institutions join the effort, they face harsh conditions—scarce resources, outdated technology, and frequent natural disasters—but work together toward a common goal.
Release Date1999-12-12
DepartmentCamera
JobDirector of Photography
Vote Count12
Memoirs in China
In the Qing Dynasty era, Yunan, trapped in a loveless, arranged marriage, finds herself drawn to Lucas, a man who challenges her ideas of the restrictive social norms of the day. In a wealthy and judgmental family, Yunan is forced to battle against the rules and standards of the day in search of true love.
Release Date2007-10-08
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Martial Universe
Release Date2018-09-30
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Jia da xia
A pancake vendor is mistaken for a hero of the Boxers.
Release Date1989-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
A Sigh
A Sigh tells the story of an affair between a struggling Chinese screenwriter and his young female assistant, its effects on his marriage and the impact on the man himself.
Release Date2000-01-01
DepartmentCamera
JobDirector of Photography
Vote Count8
Sun Bird
Based in part on Chinese folk dancer Yang Liping's life story, a young girl from a remote village who becomes a dance star and suffers an emotional breakdown.
Release Date1998-09-04
DepartmentCamera
JobDirector of Photography
Tao chu zui'e shijie
Release Date1986-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector