Diao Yi'nan

Born in Xi’an in China in 1968, he graduated from the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing. As a playwright and director, he is a leading figure in China’s avant-garde theatre. He started his career in film as an actor in Yu Likwai’s independent feature All Tomorrow’s Parties, which premiered at Cannes in the Un Certain Regard section in 2003. He was both writer and director of his feature film Uniform. In 2007, Night Train premiered at Cannes in the Un Certain Regard section and went on to be screened to acclaim at numerous festivals. The crime drama Black Coal, Thin Ice, which took the Golden Bear at this year’s Berlinale, is the director’s third feature and he takes writing credits as well.

FILMOGRAPHY

2003 Zhifu (Uniform)
2007 Ye che (Night Train)
2014 Black Coal, Thin Ice (Bai ri yan huo)