严歌苓是著名旅美作家、好莱坞唯一蜚声海内外的华人女编剧。她先后创作了《天浴》《一个女人的史诗》《小姨多鹤》等一系列优秀的文学作品并被搬上荧屏。著名导演张艺谋看了她的小说《金陵十三钗》后,觉得这是他当导演二十多年来碰到的一部最好的小说,于是邀请她担纲编剧。2009年,张艺谋到南京海选女主角,相中了学播音出身的倪妮。由于表演技巧薄弱,倪妮只能被“雪藏”接受为期两年的 Yan Geling is a famous writer in the United States, Hollywood, the only Chinese women writers at home and abroad. She has successively created a series of outstanding literary works such as “Heavenly Bath”, “A Woman’s Epic” and “Auntie Dokhue” and was put on the screen. Zhang Yimou, a famous director, read her novel “The 13th Warrior of Jinling” and thought it was one of the best novels he ever met when he was a director. She invited her to be screenwriter. In 2009, Zhang Yimou went to Nanjing to act as the heroine in the air, and she made up Ni Ni, who was born in a broadcasting school. Due to weak performance skills, Ni Ni can only be “frozen” accepted for two years