Hou Yong

Hou Yong () (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...

In this article: Zhang Yimou, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Beijing Film Academy, Chen Kaige, Lu Yue, Zhang Ziyi, Jasmine Women, and China

They admired not only his natural talent, but also his natural eye for talent and loyalty to his friends, most notably with Hou Yong, who would go on to serve as his cinematographer in many of Tian's early works. Upon his graduation in...

In this article: Tian Zhuangzhuang, The Blue Kite, The Horse Thief, Beijing Film Academy, China, Chen Kaige, Zhang Yuan, Wang Xiaoshuai, The Go Master, and Springtime in a Small Town

...in acting and began to work intensely, alternating between English and Chinese-language roles. In 2004, she starred in Hou Yong's family saga Jasmine Women (), alongside Zhang Ziyi, in which they played multiple roles as daughters and...

In this article: Joan Chong Chen, China, Shanghai, Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl, Zhang Ziyi, The Last Emperor, and Hollywood

Jasmine Women () is a 2004 film, adapted from Su Tong's novel called Funu Shenghuo which means The Lives of Women. It is directed by Hou Yong, formerly a well known cinematographer. Zhang Ziyi plays the youngest of three generations of...

In this article: Jasmine Women, Joan Chen, Zhang Ziyi, Jiang Wen, Shanghai, Suicide, and Liu Ye

...how Zhao Di kept unstinting vigil on those mountainsides until his return. Zhang Yimou, screenwriter Bao Shi and cinematographer Hou Yong have taken a small tale -- we're talking about a burial and an old story, not much more -- and made it...

In this article: Zhang Yimou, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Zhang Ziyi, and The Road Home