
Zhao was born in Liaoning Province, and graduated from Luxun Academy of Fine Arts in 1992. He supported himself as a photographer while working on his early documentaries. Zhao's 2009 documentary Petition: The Court of the Complainants premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and is about aspects of the legal system in China. The film was shot over twelve years and details the plight of Chinese citizens traveling to Beijing to file complaints with the central government about local officials. His work focuses on global issues and contemporary art.
Series | Happiness | Deng Zhihe | 2025-07-03 |
Movie | Deep Mountain Sniping | 2025-03-03 | |
Movie | Battle | 2024-04-12 | |
Movie | I'm Not the Heir | Ding Dali | 2024-10-16 |
Movie | Shining Days | Dean | 2024-06-28 |
Movie | Never Say Never | Li Sancai | 2023-07-06 |
Movie | Sinkhole Hunting Dragon | 2023-09-10 | |
Series | Two Conjectures About Marriage | Old Ma | 2022-02-21 |
Movie | 因爱而伟大 | 2022-11-25 | |
Series | 共饮一江水 | 2022-04-26 | |
Series | Daughter of the Mountains | Qian Zhenglai | 2022-06-26 |
Series | 深度秘密 | Qi Jinglin | 2021-03-03 |
Movie | On Your Mark | 2021-06-18 | |
Series | On the Way to Hope | Zhang Zhihua | 2021-09-15 |
Movie | I Come From Beijing | 郑金柱 | 2020-01-24 |
Movie | The Captain | The Cleaner | 2019-09-30 |
Movie | The Story of Chieftan | Liao Zhuanyuan | 2019-11-18 |
Series | 棒棒的幸福生活 | 2018-09-27 | |
Series | The Bloody Fourteen Years | Fang Shiyuan | 2018-10-24 |
Movie | Inflatable Girlfriend | Doctor Zheng | 2017-06-15 |
Movie | Xuan Zang | The Imperial Edict Reader | 2016-04-29 |
Series | Severe Winter | 马成功 | 2015-03-26 |
Series | Life and Death | Liu Ma Zi | 2015-04-09 |
Series | The Next Station is Marriage | Sun Nan Wei | 2015-05-05 |
Series | The Man's Secret | 2014-03-09 | |
Movie | The Last Supper | Wu She | 2012-05-07 |
Series | 大祠堂 | 2012-07-30 | |
Series | The Legend of Chu Liuxiang | 薛笑人 | 2012-06-14 |
Movie | Beginning of the Great Revival | Xiao Dezhang | 2011-06-23 |
Series | Revolutionaries Are Always Young | 葛大康 | 2011-07-05 |
Series | Jing Cha Yu Dao Bing | Jia Xiaoguo | 2010-10-01 |
Series | 奇志 | 胡庆生 | 2009-02-26 |
Series | 大刀进行曲 | 2007-11-01 | |
Series | 红顶商人胡雪岩 | 张胖子 | 2006-10-24 |
Series | The Return of the Condor Heroes | Zhou Botong | 2006-03-17 |
Series | Vagabond Vigilante | 2006-06-06 | |
Series | 傻王闯天下 | 2004-07-16 | |
Series | 布衣知县梵如花 | 2003-02-01 | |
Series | Loving Book | 2002-01-26 | |
Series | 秋香 | 祝枝山 | 2002-02-01 |
Series | 风流才子纪晓岚 | 2001-04-29 | |
Series | 秋香情戏唐伯虎 | 2001-06-01 | |
Series | A Hundred Days as My Wife | 赖金涂 | 2000-01-01 |
Series | Shan Cheng Bang Bang Jun | 毛子 | 1997-01-01 |
Series | Kangxi Incognito Travel | 三德子 | 1997-01-01 |
Movie | 巧奔妙逃 | 顺子叔 | 1995-02-02 |
Movie | Bodyguard Hassle | 1992-08-08 | |
Movie | Peking Duck Restaurant | 田顺 | 1990-01-01 |
Movie | 家乡浪漫曲 | 1989-08-08 | |
Movie | Chess King | Tiehan | 1988-01-01 |
Movie | Haixia | Unknown | 1975-01-01 |