Diao Yinan (Chinese:刁亦男;pinyin:Diāo Yìnán; born 1969 inXi'an,Shaanxi) is a Chinese director, screenwriter and occasional actor. He won theGolden Bear for Best Film at the2014 Berlin International Film Festival for the widely acclaimed Chineseneo-noir filmBlack Coal, Thin Ice.^[1] Diao is considered a member of thesixth generation of Chinese film makers whose subject matter is focused on realism and stories of urban crime.^[2]

A graduate of theCentral Academy of Drama in 1992, Diao has worked as a screenwriter with directorsShi Runjiu (inAll the Way) andZhang Yang (inSpicy Love Soup andShower). Additionally, Diao has directed four films of his own, including 2003'sUniform and 2007'sNight Train, which premiered in theUn Certain Regard competition at theCannes Film Festival. Diao is a well known producer of neo noir films.

Diao most recently directedWild Goose Lake (2019), which received its world premiere at Cannes.Wild Goose Lake tells the story of an ostracized gangster and a woman on the run, drawing on actual events (such as the “congress of the thieves”, a summit of criminals that took place in Wuhan in 2012) and screened at the 57th New York Film Festival.^[3]

• Diao Yinan atIMDb
• Diao Yinan at the Chinese Movie Database
• Short biography^[usurped] from the Global Film Initiative

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