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.".
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Movies (46)
Filipiñana
Executive Producer (Production)
2026
Heaven and Hell
Executive Producer (Production)
2025
The Sun Rises on Us All
Thanks (Crew)
2025
Mostly Sunny
as Dr. Cai
2025
The Lychee Road
as Zhong Shu Official
2025
Art College 1994
as Gu Yongqing (voice)
2025
Caught by the Tides
Director (Directing)
2025
Moonlight Madness
as Guest in room 622
2024
Wheat Harvest
Director (Directing)
2024
A River Without Tears
Executive Producer (Production)
2024
Black Dog
as Uncle Yao
2024
Out of Jungle
Director (Directing)
2023
The Best is Yet to Come
as Coal Mine Owner
2023
Home
Executive Producer (Production)
2022
Peacock, Peacock
Director (Directing)
2022
White Building
Co-Producer (Production)
2021
The Great Director
2021
Memoria
Co-Producer (Production)
2021
Close-Up
Director (Directing)
2021
Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue
as Self
2021
Tomorrow Will Be Fine
Executive Producer (Production)
2021
Tracing Her Shadow
Executive Producer (Production)
2021
Keep Rolling
2020
Citizen Kitano
as Self
2020
A Song for You
Producer (Production)
2020
Visit
2020
The Calming
Producer (Production)
2020
Neighbors
Producer (Production)
2019
Number One
Supervising Producer (Production)
2019
The Bucket
Director (Directing)
2019
Half the Sky
Executive Producer (Production)
2018
Ash Is Purest White
Director (Directing)
2018
Dead Pigs
Executive Producer (Production)
2018
Where Has Time Gone?
Director (Directing)
2017
One Night on the Wharf
Producer (Production)
2017
Revive
Director (Directing)
2017
Life After Life
Executive Producer (Production)
2017
Still Born
Producer (Production)
2017
The Hedonists
2016
Beautiful 2016
Director (Directing)
2016
Everybody's Fine
as (cameo)
2016
Mountains May Depart
Director (Directing)
2015
About Cinema
as Self
2015
K
Producer (Production)
2015
Smog Journeys
Director (Directing)
2015
Our Time: A Decade of Daring
2015
