Mao Zedong

Known for: Acting
Born: December 26, 1893, Hunan Province, China
Died: September 9, 1976
Movies: 62

Mao Zedong or Mao Tse-tung (also known as Chairman Mao) was a Chinese communist revolutionary and founding father of the People's Republic of China. His Marxist–Leninist theories, military strategies, and political policies are collectively known as Maoism or Marxism-Leninism-Maoism. A controversial figure, Mao is regarded as one of the most important individuals in modern world history, and is also known as a theorist, military strategist, poet and visionary.

Best-Known Movies

6.8

Nixon

1995

6.2

Naqoyqatsi

2002

7.2

Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie

1995

8.0

A Grin Without a Cat

1977

6.7

The Society of the Spectacle

1974

6.4

Our Nixon

2013

7.6

JFK to 9/11: Everything is a Rich Man's Trick

2014

7.3

Human Remains

1998

7.8

Korea: The Never-Ending War

2019

7.2

The Battle Of Chosin

2016

Filmography

2026	Mao vs Nixon: Game Theory	Self
2025	Chine, la fabrique d'une nation	Mao Zedong
2025	伟大的胜利——苏联摄影师镜头里的中国抗战	毛泽东
2025	Political Cinema	Mao Zedong
2024	Simon Leys, l'homme qui a déshabillé Mao
2022	China: The Uighur Tragedy	Self - Politician (archive footage)
2021	Taiwan: A Digital Democracy in China's Shadow	Self (archive footage)
2020	Korea, A Hundred Years of War	Self (archive footage)
2019	André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer	Self - Politician (archive footage)
2019	The Man Who Defied Beijing	Self - Politician (archive footage)
2019	Korea: The Never-Ending War	Self (archive footage)
2017	De Gaulle, the Last King of France	Self (archive footage)
2016	The Battle Of Chosin	Himself (archive footage)
2016	Året var 1966	Self (archive footage)
2015	All Eyes and Ears	Self (archive footage)
2014	JFK to 9/11: Everything is a Rich Man's Trick	Self (archive footage)
2014	Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words	Self (archive footage)
2013	Our Nixon	Self
2012	A Home Far Away	Self
2011	Bokassa Ier, empereur de Françafrique	Self (archive footage)
2010	Madame Mao	Himself
2008	Hype: The Obama Effect	Self (archive footage)
2008	China's Sexual Revolution	Self (archive footage)
2007	Sputnik Mania	Self (archive footage)
2006	Deng Xiaoping : A Legend
2003	The Cultural Revolution: Mao's Last Battle	Himself
2002	Naqoyqatsi	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2000	The Worlds of Mei Lanfang
1998	Human Remains	Self (archive footage)
1998	Kırmızı Gül Buz İçinde	Self (archive footage)
1995	Nixon	Self (Archive Footage)
1995	Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie	Self (archive footage)
1995	Mao, the Real Man	Self (Archive)
1995	Ernesto Che Guevara - Uomo, Compagno, Amico
1995	Ernesto Che Guevara	Self(archive footage)
1990	Nixon	Self (archive footage)
1982	Trial	Self (archive footage)
1979	Incendiaries from the Celestial Empire	Self (archive footage)
1979	Beijing's Cards	Self (archive footage)
1978	Maoism: A Tragedy for China	Self (archive footage)
1977	A Grin Without a Cat	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1977	Mao by Mao	Himself
1975	7 Days in Beijing	Himself
1974	The Society of the Spectacle	Self (archive footage)
1974	Maos China, Protokolle einer Revolution	Self (archive footage)
1969	Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution	Self (archive footage)
1968	The China Story: One Fourth of Humanity
1959	中华人民共和国成立10周年国庆大阅兵
1958	中华人民共和国1958年国庆阅兵
1958	Inside Red China	Self
1957	中华人民共和国1957年国庆阅兵
1956	中华人民共和国1956年国庆阅兵
1955	中华人民共和国1955年国庆阅兵
1954	中华人民共和国1954年国庆阅兵
1953	中华人民共和国1953年国庆阅兵
1953	Velikoye proshchaniye
1952	中华人民共和国1952年国庆阅兵
1951	中华人民共和国1951年国庆阅兵
1950	中华人民共和国1950年国庆阅兵
1949	开国大典
1937	China Strikes Back	Himself

Directing, Writing & Producing

1949

开国大典

Director

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