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name: "Zhao Xiaoding"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/zhao-xiaoding"
fi1m_id: "zhao-xiaoding"
imdb_id: "nm1618536"
tmdb_id: 57913
wikidata_id: "Q197464"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "22 December 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T16:39:59.776677+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 Xiaoding

## Identity

Zhao Xiaoding

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/zhao-xiaoding
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** zhao-xiaoding
- **IMDb ID:** nm1618536
- **TMDB ID:** 57913
- **Wikidata ID:** Q197464
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhao_Xiaoding, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q197464, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1618536/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57913

Cinematographer. Born 22 December 1968 in Beijing, China.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 22 December 1968, Beijing, China
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhao_Xiaoding, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q197464, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1618536/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57913

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Full River Red*](https://film.one/film/full-river-red.md) (68)

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## Biography

Zhao Xiaoding is a Chinese cinematographer. Born in Beijing, he studied at the Beijing Film Academy and began his career as a camera operator and second-unit director of photography on *Hero* (2002).

He has maintained a long collaboration with director Zhang Yimou, serving as director of photography on films including *House of Flying Daggers* (2004), for which he received an Academy Award nomination, *Curse of the Golden Flower* (2006), *The Flowers of War* (2011), *Coming Home* (2014), *Shadow* (2018), *One Second* (2020), *Cliff Walkers* (2021) and *Full River Red* (2023). He is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers.

Zhao has also directed features such as *Once Upon a Time* (2017) and episodes of animated series.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Full River Red* (2023), Fi1m 68, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/full-river-red.md)

## Complete filmography (42)

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

- *I Know Who You Are* (2026), Director of Photography
- *Scare Out* (2026), Director of Photography
- *The Stage* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Fights Break Sphere 4: Escape* (2025), Director
- *Break Through* (2024), Camera Supervisor
- *A Frozen Rage* (2024), Executive Producer, Director of Photography
- *Fights Break Sphere 3: The Origin* (2024), Director
- *Article 20* (2024), Director of Photography
- *Fights Break Sphere 2* (2023), Director
- *Fights Break Sphere* (2023), Director
- *Under the Light* (2023), Director of Photography
- *Full River Red* (2023), Director of Photography — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/full-river-red.md)
- *Snipers* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Cliff Walkers* (2021), Director of Photography
- *Dreams of Getting Rich* (2021), Director of Photography
- *One Second* (2020), Director of Photography
- *Shadow* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Detective Dee and Diagram of Reincarnation* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Once Upon a Time* (2017), Director, Director of Photography
- *The Great Wall* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Coming Home* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Love Will Tear Us Apart* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Silent Witness* (2013), Director of Photography
- *The Assassins* (2012), Director of Photography
- *The Flowers of War* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Under the Hawthorn Tree* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Welcome to Shama Town* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Little Big Soldier* (2010), Director of Photography
- *True Legend* (2010), Director of Photography
- *A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop* (2009), Director of Photography
- *The Treasure Hunter* (2009), Director of Photography
- *The Children of Huang Shi* (2008), Director of Photography
- *An Empress and the Warriors* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Kung Fu Dunk* (2008), Director of Photography
- *To Each His Own Cinema* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Curse of the Golden Flower* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles* (2005), Director of Photography
- *Making of House of Flying Daggers* (2004), Cinematography
- *House of Flying Daggers* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Spring Subway* (2002), Director of Photography
- *The Wild Couple* (1996), Cinematography
- *Limitless Skies*, series, Director

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2005: Best Cinematography (nominated), for *House of Flying Daggers*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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