Portrait of Zhao Xiaoding

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Zhao Xiaoding

Career

Active from 2002 to 2026, busiest in 2010 and 2023 with 4 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for To Each His Own Cinema
To Each His Own Cinema
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 30 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Zhao Xiaoding Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.3, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    1.3, average 2.2
  • Situational Comedy
    2.0, average 2.7
  • Cringe Humor
    1.6, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 5
  • Political Intrigue 4
  • Visually Stunning 4
  • Martial Arts 4
  • Chinese Cinema 4
  • Moral Ambiguity 3
  • Historical War Drama 3
  • Patriotism 3
  • Complex Plot 3
  • Chinese Cultural Revolution 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Historical Fantasy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

41
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

16 titles ยท average score 63
Scare Out
Scare Out (2026)
GoodWatch score 45

Director of Photography

I Know Who You Are
I Know Who You Are (2026)
GoodWatch score 68

Director of Photography

The Stage
The Stage (2025)
GoodWatch score 70

Director of Photography

Article 20
Article 20 (2024)
GoodWatch score 68

Director of Photography

Full River Red
Full River Red (2023)
GoodWatch score 74

Director of Photography

Under the Light
Under the Light (2023)
GoodWatch score 43

Director of Photography

Fights Break Sphere
Fights Break Sphere (2023)

Director

Fights Break Sphere 2
Fights Break Sphere 2 (2023)

Director

Snipers
Snipers (2022)
GoodWatch score 65

Director of Photography

Cliff Walkers
Cliff Walkers (2021)
GoodWatch score 65

Director of Photography

Dreams of Getting Rich
Dreams of Getting Rich (2021)

Director of Photography

One Second
One Second (2020)
GoodWatch score 72

Director of Photography

2010s

13 titles ยท average score 62
Shadow
Shadow (2018)
GoodWatch score 79

Director of Photography

Once Upon a Time
Once Upon a Time (2017)
GoodWatch score 44

Director of Photography, Director

The Great Wall
The Great Wall (2016)
GoodWatch score 46

Director of Photography

Coming Home
Coming Home (2014)
GoodWatch score 80

Director of Photography

Silent Witness
Silent Witness (2013)
GoodWatch score 62

Director of Photography

Love Will Tear Us Apart
Love Will Tear Us Apart (2013)

Director of Photography

The Assassins
The Assassins (2012)
GoodWatch score 53

Director of Photography

The Flowers of War
The Flowers of War (2011)
GoodWatch score 58

Director of Photography

True Legend
True Legend (2010)
GoodWatch score 59

Director of Photography

Little Big Soldier
Little Big Soldier (2010)
GoodWatch score 73

Director of Photography

Under the Hawthorn Tree
Under the Hawthorn Tree (2010)
GoodWatch score 75

Director of Photography

Welcome to Shama Town
Welcome to Shama Town (2010)
GoodWatch score 56

Director of Photography

2000s

11 titles ยท average score 61
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop (2009)
GoodWatch score 48

Director of Photography

The Treasure Hunter
The Treasure Hunter (2009)
GoodWatch score 28

Director of Photography

Kung Fu Dunk
Kung Fu Dunk (2008)
GoodWatch score 50

Director of Photography

The Children of Huang Shi
The Children of Huang Shi (2008)
GoodWatch score 55

Director of Photography

An Empress and the Warriors
An Empress and the Warriors (2008)
GoodWatch score 54

Director of Photography

To Each His Own Cinema
To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
GoodWatch score 83

Director of Photography

Curse of the Golden Flower
Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)
GoodWatch score 68

Director of Photography

Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (2005)
GoodWatch score 76

Director of Photography

House of Flying Daggers
House of Flying Daggers (2004)
GoodWatch score 82

Director of Photography

Making of House of Flying Daggers
Making of House of Flying Daggers (2004)

Cinematography

Spring Subway
Spring Subway (2002)
GoodWatch score 66

Director of Photography

1990s

1 title
The Wild Couple
The Wild Couple (1996)

Cinematography