---
name: "Hou Yong"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hou-yong"
fi1m_id: "hou-yong"
imdb_id: "nm0396290"
tmdb_id: 72023
wikidata_id: "Q5947811"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "26 September 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T02:17:35.631643+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."
---

# Hou Yong

## Identity

Hou Yong

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hou-yong
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** hou-yong
- **IMDb ID:** nm0396290
- **TMDB ID:** 72023
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5947811
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hou_Yong_(cinematographer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5947811, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0396290/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72023

Cinematographer. Born 26 September 1960 in Xi'an，Shanxi Province，China.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 26 September 1960, Xi'an，Shanxi Province，China
- **Active:** 1986–2002
- **Also known as:** 侯咏
- **Frequently works with:** [Tian Zhuangzhuang](https://film.one/person/tian-zhuangzhuang.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 78 (1), 2000s 77 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hou_Yong_(cinematographer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5947811, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0396290/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72023

## Biography

Hou Yong (侯咏) is a Chinese cinematographer and film director. He graduated from the Beijing Film Academy in 1982, in the same class as directors Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige and Tian Zhuangzhuang. His early work as cinematographer was on Fifth Generation films, including several directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang.

He served as director of photography on *The Horse Thief* (1986) and *The Blue Kite* (1993). Later collaborations with Zhang Yimou include *Not One Less* (1999), *The Road Home* (1999) and *Happy Times* (2000). Hou has also directed feature films, among them *Jasmine Women* (2004). He has received multiple Golden Rooster Awards for Best Cinematography.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Hero* (2002), Fi1m 77, Additional Camera — [page](https://film.one/film/hero.md)
- *The Blue Kite* (1994), Fi1m 78, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-blue-kite.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

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

- *Little Girl Like A Sunflower* (2023), Actor
- *Manifesto* (2023), Writer, Director
- *The Rebel Princess* (2021), series, Director
- *Miss Puff* (2018), Director of Photography, Producer
- *Lost in the Moonlight* (2017), Director of Photography
- *My Heart Leaps Up* (2016), Producer, Director of Photography
- *Lady of the Dynasty* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Amazing* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Guo Ming Yi* (2011), as Guo Mingyi
- *闯关东中篇* (2009), series, Director
- *The One Man Olympics* (2008), Director
- *Jasmine Women* (2004), Director, Writer
- *Hero* (2002), Additional Camera — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/hero.md)
- *The Grand Mansion Gate* (2001), series, as 中村
- *Happy Times* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Not One Less* (1999), Director of Photography
- *The Road Home* (1999), Director of Photography
- *Lani Loa: The Passage* (1998), Director of Photography
- *The Opium War* (1997), Director of Photography
- *The Strangers in Beijing* (1995), Director of Photography
- *The Day the Sun Turned Cold* (1994), Director of Photography
- *The Blue Kite* (1994), Director of Photography — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-blue-kite.md)
- *Blood from Heaven* (1991), Director
- *Evening Bell* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Jing du qiu xia* (1987), Director of Photography
- *The Horse Thief* (1986), Director of Photography
- *Dr. Sun Yat-sen* (1986), Cinematography
- *On the Hunting Ground* (1984), Director of Photography
- *The Red Elephant* (1982), Camera Operator

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