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.

KNOWN FOR

Medium
2005
Mentiras verdaderas
2018
History 101
2020
The Vietnam War
2017
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
2024
Nixon
1995
The Century of Icons
2022
Faith of the Century: A History of Communism
1999
Laogai: Prison Nation - Inside China's Ruling System
2023
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
1995
Naqoyqatsi
2002
JFK to 9/11: Everything is a Rich Man's Trick
2014

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
77
Directing
1
2026
Mao vs Nixon: Game Theory
as Self
2025
Political Cinema
as Mao Zedong
2025
Chine, la fabrique d'une nation
as Mao Zedong
2025
伟大的胜利——苏联摄影师镜头里的中国抗战
as 毛泽东
2025
The Mummy
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Simon Leys, l'homme qui a déshabillé Mao
2024
História do Comunismo
as Self
2024
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
as Self - Leader of China 1943 - 1976 (archive footage)
2023
Laogai: Prison Nation - Inside China's Ruling System
as Self (archive footage)
2022
China: The Uighur Tragedy
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
2022
The Century of Icons
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Taiwan: A Digital Democracy in China's Shadow
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Korea, A Hundred Years of War
as Self (archive footage)
2020
History 101
as Self (archive footage)
2019
The Man Who Defied Beijing
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
2019
André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
2019
Korea: The Never-Ending War
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Mentiras verdaderas
as Self (archive footage)
2017
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
as Self (archive footage)
2017
The Vietnam War
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
2016
The Battle Of Chosin
as Himself (archive footage)
2016
Året var 1966
as Self (archive footage)
2015
All Eyes and Ears
as Self (archive footage)
2015
Mao In Colour
as Self
2014
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
as Self (archive footage)
2014
JFK to 9/11: Everything is a Rich Man's Trick
as Self (archive footage)
2013
Our Nixon
as Self
2012
A Home Far Away
as Self
2011
Bokassa Ier, empereur de Françafrique
as Self (archive footage)
2010
Madame Mao
as Himself
2010
Broken Knife: Great Reversal of the Korean Battlefield
as 毛主席
2009
一九四九大迁徙
2008
Hype: The Obama Effect
as Self (archive footage)
2008
China's Sexual Revolution
as Self (archive footage)
2007
Sputnik Mania
as Self (archive footage)
2006
Deng Xiaoping : A Legend
2005
Medium
as Self (archive footage)(uncredited)
2003
The Cultural Revolution: Mao's Last Battle
as Himself
2002
Naqoyqatsi
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2000
The Worlds of Mei Lanfang
1999
Faith of the Century: A History of Communism
as Self (archive footage)
1998
Human Remains
as Self (archive footage)
1998
Kırmızı Gül Buz İçinde
as Self (archive footage)
1995
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
as Self (archive footage)
1995
Ernesto Che Guevara - Uomo, Compagno, Amico
1995
Nixon
as Self (Archive Footage)
1995
Mao, the Real Man
as Self (Archive)
1995
Ernesto Che Guevara
as Self(archive footage)
1993
毛泽东
1990
Nixon
as Self (archive footage)
1982
Trial
as Self (archive footage)
1979
Beijing's Cards
as Self (archive footage)
1979
Incendiaries from the Celestial Empire
as Self (archive footage)
1978
Maoism: A Tragedy for China
as Self (archive footage)
1977
Mao by Mao
as Himself
1977
A Grin Without a Cat
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1975
7 Days in Beijing
as Himself
1974
The Society of the Spectacle
as Self (archive footage)
1974
Maos China, Protokolle einer Revolution
as Self (archive footage)
1969
Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution
as 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
Inside Red China
as Self
1958
中华人民共和国1958年国庆阅兵
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
Velikoye proshchaniye
1953
中华人民共和国1953年国庆阅兵
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
1949
中华人民共和国大阅兵合集
as 主演
1937
China Strikes Back
as Himself
Mao, le dernier empereur