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.".

Filmografi

A Touch of Sin2013 · Distinguished GuestBlack Dog2024 · Uncle YaoThe Lychee Road2025 · Zhong Shu OfficialThe Continent2014 · Su Mi's UncleEverybody's Fine2016 · (cameo)Being Towards Death2026 · SelfMoonlight Madness2024 · Guest in room 622Unknown Pleasures2002 · Man singing in street (uncredited)Citizen Kitano2020 · SelfArt College 19942025 · Gu Yongqing (voice)Keep Rolling2020 · The Best is Yet to Come2023 · Coal Mine OwnerFlowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema2014 · SelfThe Hedonists2016 · About Cinema2015 · SelfJia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang2016 · SelfSwimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue2021 · SelfBoundless2013 · SelfVisit2020 · Karmic Mahjong2006 · MobsterPseudo Idealist · Mostly Sunny2025 · Dr. CaiXiao Shan Going Home1995 · Shiny Stars, Rusty Red2003 · Himself