Portrait of Li Yang

Directing

Li Yang

Career

Active from 1991 to 2025, busiest in 1996 and 2014 with 2 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score71/100
Highest rated
Poster for Blind Mountain
Blind Mountain
GoodWatch score75/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Li Yang Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Family Dynamics
    1.8, average 4.8
  • Romance
    1.2, average 3.8
  • Situational Comedy
    0.8, average 2.7
  • Coming of Age
    1.2, average 3.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Chinese Cinema 2
  • Intense 2
  • Slow-Burn 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    12
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    2020s

    3 titles ยท average score 75
    Mostly Sunny
    Mostly Sunny (2025)

    as Lin Li

    Never Say Never
    Never Say Never (2023)
    GoodWatch score 75

    as Principal Chen

    Firestorm
    Firestorm (2023)

    Director

    2010s

    4 titles ยท average score 66
    2012
    2012 (2019)

    Assistant Director

    Blind Way
    Blind Way (2017)

    as Zhao Liang

    The Taking of Tiger Mountain
    The Taking of Tiger Mountain (2014)
    GoodWatch score 66

    Writer

    My Legendary Grandmother and I
    My Legendary Grandmother and I (2014)

    TV show

    2000s

    2 titles ยท average score 74
    Blind Mountain
    Blind Mountain (2007)
    GoodWatch score 75

    Writer, Director

    Blind Shaft
    Blind Shaft (2003)
    GoodWatch score 72

    Editor, Screenplay

    1990s

    3 titles
    The Wake
    The Wake (1996)

    Director

    Happy Swan Song
    Happy Swan Song (1994)

    Director

    Women's Kingdom
    Women's Kingdom (1991)

    Director