Known For
Directing
Born
May 24, 1970
Place of Birth
Fenyang, Shanxi, China
Credits
108 titles
Jia Zhangke
Biography
Jia Zhangke (Chinese: 贾樟柯; pinyin: Jiǎ Zhāngkē, born 24 May 1970; Fenyang) is a Chinese film and television director, screenwriter, producer, actor and writer. He is the dean of the Shanxi Film Academy of Shanxi Media College and the dean of the Vancouver Film School of Shanghai University. He graduated from the Literature Department of Beijing Film Academy. He is generally regarded as a leading figure of the "Sixth Generation" movement of Chinese cinema, a group that also includes such figures as Wang Xiaoshuai, Lou Ye, Wang Quan'an and Zhang Yuan. Jia's early films, a loose trilogy based in his home province of Shanxi, were made outside of China's state-run film bureaucracy, and therefore are considered "underground" films. Beginning in 2004, Jia's status in his own country rose when he was allowed to direct his fourth feature film, The World, with state approval. Jia's films have received critical praise and have been recognized internationally, notably winning the Venice Film Festival's top award Golden Lion for Still Life. He received the Leopard of Honour at the Locarno Film Festival in 2010, the Carrosse d'Or lifetime achievement award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015, and an honorary award at the Visions du Réel in 2024. Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek hailed him as "one of the top directors in the world today.".
Known For
Filmography
Filipiñana
Executive Producer
Proudly Amateur
Director
Torino Shadow
Director
Being Towards Death
Self
Jia Zhangke's Dance
Producer
Presi dall'onda - Conversazione con Jia Zhangke
Self - filmmaker
Heaven and Hell
Executive Producer
The Sun Rises on Us All
Thanks
Mostly Sunny
Dr. Cai
Crossroads with Luo Yonghao
The Lychee Road
Zhong Shu Official
Art College 1994
Gu Yongqing (voice)
Moonlight Madness
Guest in room 622
Wheat Harvest
Director
Caught by the Tides
Director
A River Without Tears
Executive Producer
Black Dog
Uncle Yao
Out of Jungle
Director
The Best is Yet to Come
Coal Mine Owner
Jia's Talk
自己
不要回答
Home
Executive Producer
Peacock, Peacock
Director
White Building
Co-Producer
The Great Director
Memoria
Co-Producer
Close-Up
Director
Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue
Self
Tomorrow Will Be Fine
Executive Producer
Tracing Her Shadow
Executive Producer
Keep Rolling
Citizen Kitano
Self
A Song for You
Producer
Visit
The Calming
Producer
Neighbors
Producer
Number One
Supervising Producer
Half the Sky
Executive Producer
Ash Is Purest White
Director
Dead Pigs
Executive Producer
Where Has Time Gone?
Director
One Night on the Wharf
Producer
Revive
Writer
Still Born
Producer
Life After Life
Executive Producer
Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang
Self
Thirteen Talks
The Hedonists
Beautiful 2016
Director
Everybody's Fine
(cameo)