1970-05-24 ( 54 years old ) in Fenyang, Shanxi, China
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.".
Movies
Out of Order
2024-12-28
Mostly Sunny
2024-06-16
Black Dog
2024-06-14
The Best is Yet to Come
2023-03-24
Art College 1994
2023-02-18
The Great Director
2021-10-18
Keep Rolling
2020-12-03
Citizen Kitano
2020-10-16
Visit
2020-04-21
The Hedonists
2016-03-23
Everybody's Fine
2016-01-01
About Cinema
2015-09-15
Our Time: A Decade of Daring
2015-01-01
Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang
2014-10-20
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
2014-10-01
The Continent
2014-07-24
Boundless
2013-11-02
A Touch of Sin
2013-10-04
Xiao Jia Going Home
2007-01-01
Karmic Mahjong
2006-04-26
Made in China
2005-05-01
My Camera Doesn’t Lie
2003-08-19
Shiny Stars, Rusty Red
2003-01-01
Unknown Pleasures
2002-06-06
Overloaded Peking
2002-01-01
Xiao Shan Going Home
1995-01-01
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