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Jia Zhangke

Personal Informations

Known for Department
Directing
Known appearances
152
Gender
Male
Birthday
May 24, 1970 (54 old)
Place of Birth
Fenyang, Shanxi, China
Also known as
贾樟柯
Zhangke Jia
Zhang Ke Jia
Jia Zhang-Ke
지아장커
Jia ZhangKe
Цзя Чжанкэ
Jia Zhangke Jia Zhangke

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.".

Known for

Don't Worry, Be Happy
Don't Worry, Be Happy
Black Dog
Black Dog
Caught by the Tides
Caught by the Tides
Out of Jungle
Out of Jungle
The Best is Yet to Come
The Best is Yet to Come
Art College 1994
Art College 1994
Jia's Talk
Jia's Talk
不要回答
不要回答
大世界扭蛋机
大世界扭蛋机
Home
Home
Peacock, Peacock
Peacock, Peacock
White Building
White Building
The Great Director
The Great Director
Memoria
Memoria
Close-Up
Close-Up
Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue
Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue
Tomorrow Will Be Fine
Tomorrow Will Be Fine
Tracing Her Shadow
Tracing Her Shadow
Keep Rolling
Keep Rolling
Citizen Kitano
Citizen Kitano
A Song for You
A Song for You
Visit
Visit
The Calming
The Calming
Neighbors
Neighbors
Number One
Number One
The Bucket
The Bucket
Half the Sky
Half the Sky
Ash Is Purest White
Ash Is Purest White
Dead Pigs
Dead Pigs
Where Has Time Gone?
Where Has Time Gone?
One Night on the Wharf
One Night on the Wharf
Revive
Revive
Life After Life
Life After Life
Thirteen Talks
Thirteen Talks
The Hedonists
The Hedonists
Everybody's Fine
Everybody's Fine
Mountains May Depart
Mountains May Depart
About Cinema
About Cinema
Smog Journeys
Smog Journeys
Fidaï
Fidaï
Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang
Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
The Continent
The Continent
Boundless
Boundless
A Touch of Sin
A Touch of Sin
Venice 70 - Future Reloaded: Jia Zhang-ke
Venice 70 - Future Reloaded: Jia Zhang-ke
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Forgetting to Know You
Forgetting to Know You
Memories Look at Me
Memories Look at Me
3.11 A Sense of Home
3.11 A Sense of Home
Mr. Tree
Mr. Tree
Yulu
Yulu
I Wish I Knew
I Wish I Knew
Plastic City
Plastic City
Remembrance
Remembrance
Black Breakfast
Black Breakfast
24 City
24 City
Cry Me a River
Cry Me a River
Useless
Useless
Our Ten Years
Our Ten Years
Xiao Jia Going Home
Xiao Jia Going Home
Dong
Dong
Still Life
Still Life
Karmic Mahjong
Karmic Mahjong
Walking on the Wild Side
Walking on the Wild Side
Made in China
Made in China
The World
The World
All Tomorrow's Parties
All Tomorrow's Parties
My Camera Doesn’t Lie
My Camera Doesn’t Lie
Shiny Stars, Rusty Red
Shiny Stars, Rusty Red
Unknown Pleasures
Unknown Pleasures
Platform
Platform
In Public
In Public
The Condition of Dogs
The Condition of Dogs
Pickpocket
Pickpocket
Xiao Shan Going Home
Xiao Shan Going Home
Golden Horse Awards
Golden Horse Awards

Acting

—
Pseudo Idealist
2024
Don't Worry, Be Happy
Black Dog
  —
Uncle Yao
2023
The Best is Yet to Come
  —
Coal Mine Owner
Art College 1994
  —
Gu Yongqing (voice)
2022
Jia's Talk
  —
自己
不要回答
大世界扭蛋机
2021
The Great Director
2020
Keep Rolling
Citizen Kitano
  —
Self
Visit
2016
Thirteen Talks
The Hedonists
Everybody's Fine
  —
(cameo)
2015
About Cinema
  —
Self
Our Time: A Decade of Daring
2014
Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang
  —
Self
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
  —
Self
The Continent
  —
Su Mi's Uncle
2013
Boundless
  —
Self
A Touch of Sin
  —
Distinguished Guest
2007
Xiao Jia Going Home
  —
Himself
2006
Karmic Mahjong
  —
Mobster
2005
Made in China
  —
Self
2003
My Camera Doesn’t Lie
  —
Jia Zhangke
Shiny Stars, Rusty Red
  —
Himself
2002
Unknown Pleasures
  —
Man singing in street (uncredited)
Overloaded Peking
  —
Himself
1962
Golden Horse Awards
  —
Self

Directing

—
In the Qing Dynasty
as.job job.Director.he
在那里
as.job job.Director.he
2024
Caught by the Tides
as.job job.Director.he
2023
Out of Jungle
as.job job.Director.he
2022
Peacock, Peacock
as.job job.Director.he
2021
Close-Up
as.job job.Director.he
Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue
as.job job.Director.he
2020
Visit
as.job job.Director.he
2019
The Bucket
as.job job.Director.he
2018
Ash Is Purest White
as.job job.Director.he
2017
Where Has Time Gone?
as.job job.Director.he
Revive
as.job job.Director.he
2016
The Hedonists
as.job job.Director.he
2015
Mountains May Depart
as.job job.Director.he
Smog Journeys
as.job job.Director.he
Our Time: A Decade of Daring
as.job job.Director.he
2014
Lao Pan's Day and Night
as.job job.Director.he
2013
A Touch of Sin
as.job job.Director.he
Venice 70 - Future Reloaded: Jia Zhang-ke
as.job job.Director.he
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
as.job job.Director.he
2011
3.11 A Sense of Home
as.job job.Director.he
3.11 A Sense of Home: Jia Zhang-ke
as.job job.Director.he
Pan Shiyi
as.job job.Director.he
2010
I Wish I Knew
as.job job.Director.he
2008
Remembrance
as.job job.Director.he
Black Breakfast
as.job job.Director.he
24 City
as.job job.Director.he
Cry Me a River
as.job job.Director.he
Useless
as.job job.Director.he
2007
Our Ten Years
as.job job.Director.he
2006
Dong
as.job job.Director.he
Still Life
as.job job.Director.he
2005
This Moment
as.job job.Director.he
2004
The World
as.job job.Director.he
2002
Unknown Pleasures
as.job job.Director.he
2001
Platform
as.job job.Director.he
In Public
as.job job.Director.he
The Condition of Dogs
as.job job.Director.he
1997
Pickpocket
as.job job.Director.he
1996
Du Du
as.job job.Director.he
1995
Xiao Shan Going Home
as.job job.Director.he
1994
One Day in Beijing
as.job job.Director.he

Writing

—
In the Qing Dynasty
as.job job.Screenplay.he
2024
Caught by the Tides
as.job job.Writer.he
2021
Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue
as.job job.Writer.he
2020
Visit
as.job job.Writer.he
2018
Ash Is Purest White
as.job job.Screenplay.he
2017
Where Has Time Gone?
as.job job.Writer.he
Revive
as.job job.Writer.he
2016
The Hedonists
as.job job.Writer.he
2015
Mountains May Depart
as.job job.Screenplay.he
Smog Journeys
as.job job.Writer.he
2013
A Touch of Sin
as.job job.Writer.he
2010
I Wish I Knew
as.job job.Screenplay.he
2008
Remembrance
as.job job.Writer.he
24 City
as.job job.Writer.he
Cry Me a River
as.job job.Writer.he
2007
Our Ten Years
as.job job.Writer.he
2006
Dong
as.job job.Writer.he
Still Life
as.job job.Screenplay.he
2004
The World
as.job job.Writer.he
2002
Unknown Pleasures
as.job job.Writer.he
2001
Platform
as.job job.Writer.he
In Public
as.job job.Writer.he
1997
Pickpocket
as.job job.Writer.he
1995
Xiao Shan Going Home
as.job job.Writer.he

Production

—
Heaven and Hell
as.job job.Executive Producer.he
2023
The Best is Yet to Come
as.job job.Executive Producer.he
2022
Home
as.job job.Executive Producer.he
2021
White Building
as.job job.Co-Producer.he
Memoria
as.job job.Co-Producer.he
Tomorrow Will Be Fine
as.job job.Executive Producer.he
Tracing Her Shadow
as.job job.Executive Producer.he
2020
A Song for You
as.job job.Executive Producer.he
The Calming
as.job job.Producer.he
2019
Neighbors
as.job job.Producer.he
Number One
as.job job.Producer.he
2018
Half the Sky
as.job job.Executive Producer.he
Ash Is Purest White
as.job job.Executive Producer.he
Dead Pigs
as.job job.Producer.he
2017
Where Has Time Gone?
as.job job.Producer.he
One Night on the Wharf
as.job job.Producer.he
Life After Life
as.job job.Producer.he
2015
Mountains May Depart
as.job job.Executive Producer.he
K
as.job job.Producer.he
Smog Journeys
as.job job.Producer.he
Chen Ling
as.job job.Producer.he
2014
Fidaï
as.job job.Producer.he
Great Heat
as.job job.Executive Producer.he
2013
A Touch of Sin
as.job job.Executive Producer.he
Forgetting to Know You
as.job job.Producer.he
2012
Memories Look at Me
as.job job.Producer.he
2011
Mr. Tree
as.job job.Producer.he
Yulu
as.job job.Executive Producer.he
2009
Plastic City
as.job job.Producer.he
Perfect Life
as.job job.Co-Producer.he
2008
24 City
as.job job.Producer.he
2006
Still Life
as.job job.Co-Producer.he
Walking on the Wild Side
as.job job.Producer.he
2003
All Tomorrow's Parties
as.job job.Producer.he
1997
Pickpocket
as.job job.Producer.he

Editing

2001
In Public
as.job job.Editor.he
The Condition of Dogs
as.job job.Editor.he
1995
Xiao Shan Going Home
as.job job.Editor.he

Camera

2008
Useless
as.job job.Director of Photography.he
2006
Dong
as.job job.Director of Photography.he
2001
In Public
as.job job.Director of Photography.he
The Condition of Dogs
as.job job.Director of Photography.he

Creator

2022
Jia's Talk
as.job job.Creator.he
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