{{Short description|Chinese director, screenwriter, and actor}} {{family name hatnote|Diao|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox person | name = Diao Yinan | image = | alt = | caption = Diao at the Far East Film Festival 2014. | native_name = {{nobold|刁亦男}} | native_name_lang = zh-cn | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1969|11|30}} | birth_place = Xi'an, Shaanxi, China | alma_mater = Central Academy of Drama | occupation = Film director, Screenwriter | years_active = 1992-Present | notable_works = Black Coal, Thin Ice<br>The Wild Goose Lake<br>Night Train | style = Crime, Chinese Neo-noir | movement = Sixth Generation (See: Cinema of China) | awards = Dragons and Tigers Award<br />2003 ''Uniform''<br />Warsaw International Film Festival Grand Prix<br />2007 ''Night Train'' | module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes | p = Diāo Yìnán }} }} '''Diao Yinan''' ({{lang-zh|c={{linktext|刁|亦|男}}|p=Diāo Yìnán}}; born 1969 in Xi'an, Shaanxi) is a Chinese director, screenwriter and occasional actor. He won the Golden Bear for Best Film at the 2014 Berlin International Film Festival for the widely acclaimed Chinese neo-noir film ''Black Coal, Thin Ice''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26211896 |title=Chinese film wins Best Picture at Berlin film festival |newspaper=BBC |date=2014-02-15 |accessdate=2014-02-15}}</ref> Diao is considered a member of the sixth generation of Chinese film makers whose subject matter is focused on realism and stories of urban crime.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tsui|first=Clarence|date=20 May 2019|title=Review {{!}} Cannes 2019: The Wild Goose Lake film review – China's underbelly exposed in film noir by Diao Yinan|url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3010885/cannes-2019-wild-goose-lake-film-review-diao-yinans|url-status=live|access-date=19 July 2021|website=South China Morning Post|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520062726/https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3010885/cannes-2019-wild-goose-lake-film-review-diao-yinans |archive-date=2019-05-20 }}</ref>
==Biography== A graduate of the Central Academy of Drama in 1992, Diao has worked as a screenwriter with directors Shi Runjiu (in ''All the Way'') and Zhang Yang (in ''Spicy Love Soup'' and ''Shower''). Additionally, Diao has directed four films of his own, including 2003's ''Uniform'' and 2007's ''Night Train'', which premiered in the Un Certain Regard competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Diao is a well known producer of neo noir films.
Diao most recently directed ''Wild Goose Lake'' (2019), which received its world premiere at Cannes. ''Wild Goose Lake'' tells the story of an ostracized gangster and a woman on the run, drawing on actual events (such as the "congress of the thieves", a summit of criminals that took place in Wuhan in 2012) and screened at the 57th New York Film Festival.<ref>filmcomment.com/article/interview-diao-yinan/</ref>
==Filmography==
=== As screenwriter=== {| class="wikitable" !align="left" valign="top" width="40"|Year !align="left" valign="top"|English Title !align="left" valign="top"|Chinese Title !align="left" valign="top"|Director |- |align="left" valign="top"|1997 |align="left" valign="top"|''Spicy Love Soup'' |align="left" valign="top"|爱情麻辣烫 |align="left" valign="top"|Zhang Yang |- |align="left" valign="top"|1999 |align="left" valign="top"|''Shower'' |align="left" valign="top"|洗澡 |align="left" valign="top"|Zhang Yang |- |align="left" valign="top"|2001 |align="left" valign="top"|''All the Way'' |align="left" valign="top"|走到底 |align="left" valign="top"|Shi Runjiu |- |align="left" valign="top"|2003 |align="left" valign="top"|''Uniform'' |align="left" valign="top"|制服 |align="left" valign="top"|Diao Yinan |- |align="left" valign="top"|2007 |align="left" valign="top"|''Night Train'' |align="left" valign="top"|夜行列车 |align="left" valign="top"|Diao Yinan |- |align="left" valign="top"|2014 |align="left" valign="top"|''Black Coal, Thin Ice'' |align="left" valign="top"| 白日焰火 |align="left" valign="top"|Diao Yinan |- |align="left" valign="top"|2019 |align="left" valign="top"|''The Wild Goose Lake'' |align="left" valign="top"|南方车站的聚会 |align="left" valign="top"|Diao Yinan |}
=== As director=== {| class="wikitable" !align="left" valign="top" width="40"|Year !align="left" valign="top"|English Title !align="left" valign="top"|Chinese Title !align="left" valign="top"|Notes |- |align="left" valign="top"|2003 |align="left" valign="top"|''Uniform'' |align="left" valign="top"|制服 |align="left" valign="top"|Dragons & Tigers Award for Young Cinema at the 2003 Vancouver International Film Festival |- |align="left" valign="top"|2007 |align="left" valign="top"|''Night Train'' |align="left" valign="top"|夜行列车 |align="left" valign="top"|Premiered in the Un certain regard competition at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival |- |align="left" valign="top"|2014 |align="left" valign="top"|''Black Coal, Thin Ice'' |align="left" valign="top"|白日焰火 |align="left" valign="top"|Winner of the Golden Bear for Best Film at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival |- |align="left" valign="top"|2019 |align="left" valign="top"|''The Wild Goose Lake'' |align="left" valign="top"|南方车站的聚会 |align="left" valign="top"|Was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. |- |}
=== As actor=== {| class="wikitable" !align="left" valign="top" width="40"|Year !align="left" valign="top"|English Title !align="left" valign="top"|Chinese Title !align="left" valign="top"|Role !align="left" valign="top"|Director |- |align="left" valign="top"|2003 |align="left" valign="top"|''All Tomorrow's Parties'' |align="left" valign="top"|明日天涯 |align="left" valign="top"|Xiao Zhuai |align="left" valign="top"|Nelson Yu Lik-wai |- |}
== References == <references />
==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0224801|name=Diao Yinan}} * [http://www.dianying.com/en/person/DiaoYinan Diao Yinan] at the Chinese Movie Database * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070120122214/http://globalfilm.org/catalogue/uniform.htm Short biography]}} from the Global Film Initiative
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