---
name: "Du Yuan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/du-yuan"
fi1m_id: "du-yuan"
imdb_id: "nm0239007"
tmdb_id: 64997
wikidata_id: "Q104722861"
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T16:39:40.713180+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Du Yuan

## Identity

Du Yuan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/du-yuan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** du-yuan
- **IMDb ID:** nm0239007
- **TMDB ID:** 64997
- **Wikidata ID:** Q104722861
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104722861, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0239007/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/64997

Editor. Born in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 1988–present
- **Also known as:** 杜媛, Yuan Du
- **Frequently works with:** [Gong Li](https://film.one/person/gong-li.md), [Zhang Yimou](https://film.one/person/zhang-yimou.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 82 (1), 1990s 91 (1), 2020s 65 (1)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Action 1, Fantasy 1, History 1, Romance 1, War 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $386m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104722861, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0239007/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/64997

## Biography

Du Yuan is a Chinese film editor. She graduated from the Beijing Film Academy in 1978.

She is known for her work on several films directed by Zhang Yimou, including *Raise the Red Lantern* (1991), *Ju Dou* (1990), *To Live* (1994), *The Story of Qiu Ju* (1992) and *Shanghai Triad* (1995). Later credits include *Crazy Stone* (2006), *No Man's Land* (2013) and *Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms* (2023).

She was born in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China.

*Sources: imdb.com, wikidata.org, en.wikipedia.org, fareastfilm.com, acmodasi.in.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms* (2023), Fi1m 65, Supervising Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/creation-of-the-gods-i-kingdom-of-storms.md)
- *Raise the Red Lantern* (1991), Fi1m 91, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/raise-the-red-lantern.md)
- *Red Sorghum* (1988), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/red-sorghum.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Jiang Nan* (2024), Editor
- *The Movie Emperor* (2024), Editor
- *Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms* (2023), Supervising Editor — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/creation-of-the-gods-i-kingdom-of-storms.md)
- *One Second* (2020), Supervising Editor
- *Crazy Alien* (2019), Editor
- *Good Luck Dad* (2018), Editor
- *Nice to Meet You* (2018), Editor
- *The Looming Storm* (2017), as Captain Lao Zhang
- *No Man's Land* (2013), Editor
- *Crazy Racer* (2009), Supervising Editor
- *Crazy Stone* (2006), Editor
- *On the Other Side of the Bridge* (2002), Editor
- *Chrysanthemum Tea* (2000), Editor
- *Thatched Memories* (1999), Actor
- *Love in the Internet Generation* (1998), Editor
- *Keep Cool* (1997), Editor
- *One and a Half* (1995), Editor
- *Shanghai Triad* (1995), Editor
- *To Live* (1994), Editor
- *The Story of Qiu Ju* (1992), Editor
- *Raise the Red Lantern* (1991), Editor — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/raise-the-red-lantern.md)
- *Ju Dou* (1990), Editor
- *Codename Cougar* (1989), Editor
- *Red Sorghum* (1988), Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/red-sorghum.md)

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