Diao Yinan
Writing Born Nov 30, 1969 Xi'an, Shaanxi, China 25 credits
Biography
Diao Yinan (Chinese: 刁亦男; pinyin: 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 Black Coal, Thin Ice.
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Frequent co-stars
Katie Pearson
2 shared titles
Tony Gardner
1 shared title
Alex Kew
1 shared title
Charlotte Francis
1 shared title
Carla Mendonça
1 shared title
Danielle McCormack
1 shared title
Jordan Maxwell
1 shared title
Patrick Niknejad
1 shared title
Keith Warwick
1 shared title
Isabella Melling
1 shared title
Career timeline
Fire on the Plain · Producer
The Silent Storm · Producer
Why Try to Change Me Now · Executive Producer
Citizen Kitano
The Wild Goose Lake · DirectorThe Wild Goose Lake · ScreenplayThe Best Acting Performances: A Self-inflicted Whistleblower · DirectorThe Best Acting Performances: A Self-inflicted Whistleblower · WriterNight Light: Making of The Wild Goose Lake
Ash Is Purest White
Black Coal, Thin Ice · DirectorBlack Coal, Thin Ice · Writer
Plastic City · Screenplay
Night Train · DirectorNight Train · Writer
All Tomorrow's PartiesUniform · DirectorUniform · Writer
All the Way · Writer
Shower · ScreenplaySpicy Love Soup · Writer
Cherish Our Love Forever · Writer
Full filmography
- Fire on the Plain (2025) Producer
- The Silent Storm (2024) Producer
- Why Try to Change Me Now (2023) Executive Producer
- Citizen Kitano (2020) as Self
- The Wild Goose Lake (2019) Director
- The Wild Goose Lake (2019) Screenplay
- The Best Acting Performances: A Self-inflicted Whistleblower (2019) Director
- The Best Acting Performances: A Self-inflicted Whistleblower (2019) Writer
- Night Light: Making of The Wild Goose Lake (2019)
- Ash Is Purest White (2018) as Lin Jiadong
- Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014) Director
- Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014) Writer
- Plastic City (2009) Screenplay
- Night Train (2007) Director
- Night Train (2007) Writer
- All Tomorrow's Parties (2003) as Xiao Zhuai
- Uniform (2003) Director
- Uniform (2003) Writer
- All the Way (2001) Writer
- Shower (1999) Screenplay
- Spicy Love Soup (1999) Writer
- Cherish Our Love Forever (1998) Writer
- Red Snow Director
- Red Snow Writer
- Fate Finds Us Executive Producer