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name: "Zhao Fei"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/zhao-fei"
fi1m_id: "zhao-fei"
imdb_id: "nm0270508"
tmdb_id: 28001
wikidata_id: "Q3429304"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 May 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T18:48:38.528168+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."
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# Zhao Fei

## Identity

Zhao Fei

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/zhao-fei
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** zhao-fei
- **IMDb ID:** nm0270508
- **TMDB ID:** 28001
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3429304
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhao_Fei, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3429304, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0270508/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/28001

Cinematographer. Born 1 May 1961 in Xi'an，Shanxi Province，China.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 May 1961, Xi'an，Shanxi Province，China
- **Active:** 1986–1991
- **Also known as:** 赵非
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhao_Fei, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3429304, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0270508/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/28001

## Biography

Zhao Fei (also credited as 赵非) is a Chinese cinematographer. Born in 1961 in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, he graduated from the cinematography department of the Beijing Film Academy in 1982.

He worked as director of photography on films including *The Horse Thief* (1986), *Raise the Red Lantern* (1991), *The Emperor and the Assassin* (1998), *Sweet and Lowdown* (1999), *Small Time Crooks* (2000), *The Curse of the Jade Scorpion* (2001), *Warriors of Heaven and Earth* (2003), *Cell Phone* (2003), *The Sun Also Rises* (2007) and *Let the Bullets Fly* (2010). He served as Woody Allen's director of photography on three films between 1999 and 2001.

Zhao received awards for best cinematography for *Raise the Red Lantern* from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (1992) and the National Society of Film Critics (1993), and a Golden Rooster Award for *The Emperor and the Assassin* (1999).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Raise the Red Lantern* (1991), Fi1m 91, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/raise-the-red-lantern.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *The Volunteers: The Battle of Life and Death* (2024), Director of Photography
- *The Volunteers: To the War* (2023), Director of Photography
- *Ten Years of Loving You* (2022), Director
- *The Crossing II* (2015), Director of Photography
- *The Left Ear* (2015), Director of Photography
- *The Crossing I* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Guns and Roses* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Single No More* (2011), Director
- *Let the Bullets Fly* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Driverless* (2010), Director of Photography
- *The Sun Also Rises* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Cell Phone* (2003), Director of Photography
- *Warriors of Heaven and Earth* (2003), Director of Photography
- *The Curse of the Jade Scorpion* (2001), Director of Photography
- *Small Time Crooks* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Sweet and Lowdown* (1999), Director of Photography
- *Be There or Be Square* (1998), Director of Photography
- *The Emperor and the Assassin* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Dragon Town Story* (1997), Director of Photography
- *The Sun Has Ears* (1996), Director of Photography
- *The Assassin* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Raise the Red Lantern* (1991), Director of Photography — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/raise-the-red-lantern.md)
- *Li Lianying, the Imperial Eunuch* (1991), Director of Photography
- *Samsara* (1988), Director of Photography
- *A Dead Man Visits the Living* (1988), Director of Photography
- *Unforgettable Life* (1988), Director of Photography
- *The Horse Thief* (1986), Director of Photography

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