Jia Zhangke
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1970-05-24 (54 years old)
Place of Birth
Fenyang, Shanxi, China
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.".
Acting
(2024)
Black Dog
as Uncle Yao
(2024)
(2024)
Out of Order
as Guest in room 622
(2023)
Art College 1994
as Gu Yongqing (voice)
(2023)
The Best is Yet to Come
as Coal Mine Owner
(2021)
(2020)
(2020)
Citizen Kitano
as Self
(2020)
(2016)
Everybody's Fine
as (cameo)
(2016)
(2015)
About Cinema
as Self
(2015)
(2014)
(2014)
The Continent
as Su Mi's Uncle
(2014)
(2013)
Boundless
as Self
(2013)
A Touch of Sin
as Distinguished Guest
(2007)
Xiao Jia Going Home
as Himself
(2006)
Karmic Mahjong
as Mobster
(2005)
Made in China
as Self
(2003)
Shiny Stars, Rusty Red
as Himself
(2003)
My Camera Doesn’t Lie
as Jia Zhangke
(2002)
Unknown Pleasures
as Man singing in street (uncredited)
(2002)
Overloaded Peking
as Himself
(1995)
Crew
In the Qing Dynasty
Director, Screenplay
在那里
Director
Heaven and Hell
Executive Producer
Untitled Jia Zhangke Film
Director, Writer
(2024)
Caught by the Tides
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
(2024)
A River Without Tears
Executive Producer
(2024)
Wheat Harvest
Director
(2024)
Out of Order
Presenter
(2023)
Out of Jungle
Director
(2023)
The Best is Yet to Come
Producer, Executive Producer
(2022)
Peacock, Peacock
Director
(2022)
Home
Executive Producer
(2021)
Memoria
Co-Producer
(2021)
Close-Up
Director
(2021)
Tomorrow Will Be Fine
Executive Producer
(2021)
White Building
Co-Producer
(2021)
Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue
Director, Writer
(2021)
Tracing Her Shadow
Executive Producer
(2020)
A Song for You
Producer, Executive Producer
(2020)
Visit
Writer, Director
(2020)
The Calming
Producer, Executive Producer
(2019)
The Bucket
Director
(2019)
Number One
Supervising Producer, Producer
(2019)
Neighbors
Producer
(2018)
Ash Is Purest White
Director, Executive Producer, Writer
(2018)
Half the Sky
Executive Producer
(2018)
Dead Pigs
Executive Producer, Producer
(2017)
Life After Life
Executive Producer, Producer
(2017)
Where Has Time Gone?
Director, Writer, Producer
(2017)
Still Born
Producer
(2017)
One Night on the Wharf
Producer
(2017)
Revive
Writer, Director
(2016)
The Hedonists
Director, Writer
(2015)
Mountains May Depart
Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
(2015)
K
Producer
(2015)
Smog Journeys
Producer, Writer, Director
(2015)
Our Time: A Decade of Daring
Director
(2015)
Chen Ling
Producer
(2014)
Lao Pan's Day and Night
Director
(2014)
Great Heat
Executive Producer
(2014)
Fidaï
Producer
(2013)
A Touch of Sin
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
(2013)
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Director
(2013)
Forgetting to Know You
Producer
(2012)
Memories Look at Me
Producer
(2011)
Yulu
Director, Producer, Executive Producer
(2011)
Mr. Tree
Executive Producer, Producer
(2011)
3.11 A Sense of Home
Director
(2011)
Pan Shiyi
Director
(2011)
Cao Fei
Director
(2011)
(2010)
I Wish I Knew
Screenplay, Director
(2009)
Perfect Life
Co-Producer
(2009)
Plastic City
Producer
(2008)
24 City
Director, Producer, Writer
(2008)
Useless
Director, Director of Photography
(2008)
Cry Me a River
Director, Writer
(2008)
Remembrance
Director, Writer
(2008)
Stories on Human Rights
Director
(2008)
Black Breakfast
Director, Editor
(2007)
Our Ten Years
Writer, Director
(2006)
Still Life
Screenplay, Director, Co-Producer
(2006)
Walking on the Wild Side
Producer
(2006)
Dong
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
(2005)
This Moment
Director
(2004)
The World
Writer, Director
(2003)
All Tomorrow's Parties
Associate Producer, Producer
(2002)
Unknown Pleasures
Director, Writer
(2001)
Platform
Director, Writer
(2001)
In Public
Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Writer
(2001)
The Condition of Dogs
Director, Editor, Director of Photography
(1997)
Pickpocket
Director, Writer, Producer
(1996)
Du Du
Director
(1995)
Xiao Shan Going Home
Director, Writer, Editor
(1994)
One Day in Beijing
Director