---
name: "Zhao Ningyu"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/zhao-ningyu"
fi1m_id: "zhao-ningyu"
tmdb_id: 1018571
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "11 November 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T15:31:28.073577+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."
---

# Zhao Ningyu

## Identity

Zhao Ningyu

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/zhao-ningyu
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** zhao-ningyu
- **TMDB ID:** 1018571
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1018571

Writer. Born 11 November 1971 in Beijing.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 11 November 1971, Beijing
- **Also known as:** 赵宁宇
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1018571

## Streaming the US now

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

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## Biography

Zhao Ningyu (赵宁宇), also credited as Zhao Ning Yu, is a Chinese screenwriter. He is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the Beijing Film Academy.

His screenwriting credits include the historical drama *Sacrifice* (2010) and the war film *The Eight Hundred* (2020). Other works include *The Founding of an Army* (2017) and *1921* (2021).

*Sources: mydramalist.com, en.wikipedia.org, the-numbers.com, m.1905.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *The Volunteers: Peace at Last* (2025), Writer
- *1921* (2021), Writer
- *The Eight Hundred* (2020), Writer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-eight-hundred.md)
- *Mao Zedong 1949* (2019), as Ye Fei
- *The Founding of an Army* (2017), as Yun Daiying · Writer
- *The Warriors* (2016), Writer
- *黑凤凰* (2013), series, Actor
- *A Potrait Snow of Montain* (2013), Writer, Director
- *Dedication* (2011), Director
- *Sacrifice* (2010), Screenplay
- *Song at Midnight* (2005), series, as 姜律师
- *宫廷画师郎世宁* (2004), series, Actor

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