Born in Xi'an in 1969, Diao Yinan studied at the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing and began as a screenwriter. He directed Uniform (2003) and Night Train (2007), and then Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014), a film noir about a disgraced policeman investigating a series of murders in a frozen northern city. It won the Golden Bear and the Silver Bear for best actor in Berlin. The Wild Goose Lake (2019) was a further neo-noir in competition at Cannes.
Filmography
- Uniform (2003)
- Night Train (2007)
- Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014)
- The Wild Goose Lake (2019)