Zhou Youchao

Zhou Youchao

Zhou Youchao, born in Hebei Province in 1957, is a director in mainland China and graduated from Northwest University.

In 1991, he directed his first film "sister-in-law in Northern Shaanxi". In 1994, he directed the plot film "yellow sand, green grass and red sun", which won the best picture award of Prague International Film Festival. In 1998, he directed the inspirational film "carrying my father to school" and won the special award of the 5th University Film Festival and the bronze Eagle Award of the 29th Swiss gifforny International Film Festival. In 2001, he directed the military film plateau like a dream, which won the outstanding feature film award of the 8th Huabiao award and the "five one project" award. In 2005, he directed the documentary film "life and death Niu Yuru", which was shortlisted for the best film award of the 28th Volkswagen Hundred Flowers Award. In 2010, he directed the crime movie preliminary trial. In 2017, the urban life drama "life on a bright day" directed by him was broadcast.

Character experience

In 1957, Zhou Youchao was born into a military family in Hebei Province, and later went to primary school in Jiuquan City, Gansu Province. In 1970, he went to Xi'an and completed his studies in middle school. After graduating from high school, Zhou Youchao went to the countryside to jump in line. In 1977, he entered the factory as a worker. In 1978, he was admitted to the Chinese Department of Northwest University. After graduating from the Chinese Department of Northwest University, he was assigned to the Cultural Department of Shaanxi Province to do administrative work, and then he joined Xi'an Film Studio as the Secretary of the factory director. In 1987, he worked as a field reporter in the plot film "old well" directed by Wu Tianming; in the same year, he worked as a field reporter in the plot film "Red Sorghum" directed by Zhang Yimou. In 1988, he was the assistant director of the plot movie code leopard. In 1989, he was the assistant director of the plot film "Ju Dou". In 1993, he directed his first film "sister-in-law in Northern Shaanxi"; in the same year, he and Yan xueshu jointly directed the war film "stepping into glory". In 1994, he directed the plot film "yellow sand, green grass and red sun", which won the best picture award of Prague International Film Festival. In 1996, the plot film "a tree" directed by him was released. In 1998, he directed the inspirational film "carrying my father to school". The film was adapted from the true deeds of Li Yong, a middle school student in Qingyang, Gansu Province. The film won the special award of the jury of the 5th University Film Festival and the bronze Eagle Award of the 29th Swiss gifforny International Film Festival. In 2001, he directed the military film plateau like a dream starring Huang Haibo, which won the outstanding feature film award of the 8th Huabiao award and the "five one project" award. In 2003, he directed the war movie "journey of thunder" co starred by song Liu and Zheng Qi, and in the same year, his plot movie "the swordsman of Guanzhong" was released. In 2005, he directed the biographical drama "Zhang Boling" starring Tang Guoqiang; in the same year, he directed the documentary film "life and death Niu Yuru", which was adapted from the deeds of Niu Yuru, the former Secretary of Hohhot municipal Party committee, and was shortlisted for the best film award of the 28th popular Hundred Flowers Award. In 2006, the TV series "weakness" directed by Zhang Yu was broadcasted, which was adapted from Zhang Yu's novel of the same name. In 2007, he and Wang Mingjun co directed the era drama "we are like sunflower", which is adapted from the novel of the same name by the writer he dun. in 2010, he directed the crime movie "preliminary hearing", CO starring Ren Chengwei and Wu Gang. In 2017, the urban life drama "born on a bright day" directed by him was broadcasted, which tells the life course of four brothers of ordinary families in Beijing Hutongs from their youth to their infallible years in the 1970s.

Main works

Directing works

Assistant director

Award winning record

Character evaluation

Zhou Youchao's preference for the theme of "Chinese Westerns" in his films and TV plays is inseparable from the land he lived in when he was a child. Moreover, most of the films he made in his early years were Westerns. When he was making films, he had a rigorous style, strong discipline and was not afraid of hardship. For the director's creation, he thinks that the director should not only have profound and original ideas, but also have a subtle taste of the characters, and can show this taste. In the film "yellow sand, green grass and red sun", he tells the audience about the love and hatred between a woman and two men from a unique perspective. The film has great ingenuity in environmental modeling, light treatment and clothing design, beautiful and harmonious picture, simple style, and ingenious details (Tencent Entertainment review).