Zhou Youchao, Chinese film director. Born in a military family in Hebei in 1957. Later, he went to elementary school in Jiuquan, Gansu. In 1970, he went to Xi'an and completed his middle school studies. After graduating from high school, I went to the countryside to jump in the queue. He entered a factory as a worker in 1977, and was admitted to the Chinese Department of Northwest University in 1978. After graduation, he was assigned to the Shaanxi Provincial Department of Culture to do administrative work, and then entered Xi'an Film Studio as the director's secretary.