---
name: "Zhang Xiaobei"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/zhang-xiaobei"
fi1m_id: "zhang-xiaobei"
imdb_id: "nm4915348"
tmdb_id: 2164955
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "9 May 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T15:31:32.716268+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."
---

# Zhang Xiaobei

## Identity

Zhang Xiaobei

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/zhang-xiaobei
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** zhang-xiaobei
- **IMDb ID:** nm4915348
- **TMDB ID:** 2164955
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4915348/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2164955

Writer. Born 9 May 1979 in 中国，河南.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 9 May 1979, 中国，河南
- **Also known as:** Xiaobei Zhang, 张勇, 张小北
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4915348/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2164955

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*The Eight Hundred*](https://film.one/film/the-eight-hundred.md) (64)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Zhang Xiaobei is a Chinese screenwriter, director and former film critic. He has contributed to several feature films as writer, including *Lee's Adventure* (2011), *Eastern Bandits* (2012), *Time to Love* (2015) and *The Eight Hundred* (2020).

He is also credited as a writer on *The Wandering Earth* (2019) and directed the science-fiction film *Star Abyss* (2024). Early in his career he worked in film criticism and marketing before moving into screenwriting.

*Sources: imdb.com, m.1905.com, m.douban.com, laitimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Eight Hundred* (2020), Fi1m 64, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-eight-hundred.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

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

- *Star Abyss* (2024), Director
- *The Eight Hundred* (2020), Writer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-eight-hundred.md)
- *The Wandering Earth* (2019), as Railcar Driver
- *Pathfinder* (2019), Director, Writer
- *Nirvana* (2017), Director, Screenplay
- *Time to Love* (2015), Co-Writer
- *Eastern Bandits* (2012), Screenplay
- *Lee's Adventures* (2011), Writer
- *11度青春之李雷和韩梅梅* (2010), Writer

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