Following a career in advertising, London - based designer Rupert Sanderson moved into the world of shoe making,
honing his
craft in Italy
under Sergio Rossi and Bruno Magli.
After more than a dozen years of
crafting finely -
honed, modestly - produced dramas such as Raise the Red Lantern and The Road Home, Zhang came
under fire for abandoning the art house circuit to make Hero, starring Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu - Wai, Maggie Cheung, Zhang Ziyi and Donnie Yen.