Jia Zhangke
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.".
49 directing credits · 36 acting credits
Directing · 49
A Touch of Sin
2013
Ash Is Purest White
2018
Still Life
2006
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
2011
Mountains May Depart
2015
Caught by the Tides
2025
24 City
2008
Pickpocket
1997
Unknown Pleasures
2002
Platform
2001
I Wish I Knew
2010
Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue
2021
The World
2004
Mamma Dunhuang
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Cry Me a River
2008
Stories on Human Rights
2008
Beautiful 2016
2016
Where Has Time Gone?
2017
Useless
2008
在那里
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In Public
2001
Xiao Shan Going Home
1995
The Hedonists
2016
This Moment
2005
Our Ten Years
2007
Remembrance
2008
Visit
2020
Black Breakfast
2008
Yulu
2011
Smog Journeys
2015
Torino Shadow
2026
Revive
2017
The Condition of Dogs
2001
Dong
2006
Peacock, Peacock
2022
Out of Jungle
2023
Wheat Harvest
2024
In the Qing Dynasty
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Lao Pan's Day and Night
2014
Close-Up
2021
Cao Fei
2011
Jia Zhangke's Dance
2026
Du Du
1996
One Day in Beijing
1994
3.11 A Sense of Home: Jia Zhang-ke
2011
Proudly Amateur
2026
Pan Shiyi
2011
Our Time: A Decade of Daring
2015
Acting · 36
Golden Horse Awards
1962
Thirteen Talks
2016
A Touch of Sin
2013
Black Dog
2024
Being Towards Death
2026
The Continent
2014
The Lychee Road
2025
Moonlight Madness
2024
Art College 1994
2025
Unknown Pleasures
2002
Boundless
2013
The Best is Yet to Come
2023
Everybody's Fine
2016
Mostly Sunny
2025
Keep Rolling
2020
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
2014
Crossroads with Luo Yonghao
2025
Citizen Kitano
2020
Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue
2021
不要回答
2022
Karmic Mahjong
2006
The Great Director
2021
Pseudo Idealist
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About Cinema
2015
Shiny Stars, Rusty Red
2003
Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang
2016
Jia's Talk
2022
My Camera Doesn’t Lie
2003
Xiao Shan Going Home
1995
The Hedonists
2016
Visit
2020
Overloaded Peking
2002
Xiao Jia Going Home
2007
Made in China
2005
Presi dall'onda - Conversazione con Jia Zhangke
2026
Our Time: A Decade of Daring
2015