Film director whose 红高粱 won the Golden Bear in Berlin in 1988 and who made 英雄; he staged the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2022 Winter Olympics.
His best-known nickname, 老谋子, takes the 谋 'plan, scheme' from his name: 'the old schemer'. In 2014 he paid fees of over 7.48 million yuan for having three children under the one-child policy.
