Jia Zhangke

Directing·May 24, 1970·Fenyang, Shanxi, China

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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.".

Film	Credit
Proudly Amateur2026 · Director	Director
Torino Shadow2026 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Being Towards Death2026 · Self	Self
Jia Zhangke's Dance2026 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
PPresi dall'onda - Conversazione con Jia Zhangke2026 · Self - filmmaker	Self - filmmaker
Mostly Sunny2025 · Dr. Cai	Dr. Cai
The Lychee Road2025 · Zhong Shu Official	Zhong Shu Official
Art College 19942025 · Gu Yongqing (voice)	Gu Yongqing (voice)
Caught by the Tides2025 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Moonlight Madness2024 · Guest in room 622	Guest in room 622
Wheat Harvest2024 · Director	Director
Black Dog2024 · Uncle Yao	Uncle Yao
Out of Jungle2023 · Director	Director
The Best is Yet to Come2023 · Coal Mine Owner, Producer	Coal Mine Owner, Producer
Peacock, Peacock2022 · Director	Director
The Great Director2021 · Actor	Actor
Close-Up2021 · Director	Director
Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue2021 · Self, Director, Writer	Self, Director, Writer
Keep Rolling2020 · Actor	Actor
Citizen Kitano2020 · Self	Self
A Song for You2020 · Producer	Producer
Visit2020 · Actor, Writer, Director	Actor, Writer, Director
The Calming2020 · Producer	Producer
Neighbors2019 · Producer	Producer
Number One2019 · Producer	Producer
Ash Is Purest White2018 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Dead Pigs2018 · Producer	Producer
Where Has Time Gone?2017 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
One Night on the Wharf2017 · Producer	Producer
Revive2017 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Still Born2017 · Producer	Producer
Life After Life2017 · Producer	Producer
Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang2016 · Self	Self
The Hedonists2016 · Actor, Director, Writer	Actor, Director, Writer
Beautiful 20162016 · Director	Director
Everybody's Fine2016 · (cameo)	(cameo)
Mountains May Depart2015 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
About Cinema2015 · Self	Self
KK2015 · Producer	Producer
Smog Journeys2015 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
OOur Time: A Decade of Daring2015 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
CChen Ling2015 · Producer	Producer
Fidaï2014 · Producer	Producer
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema2014 · Self	Self
The Continent2014 · Su Mi's Uncle	Su Mi's Uncle
LLao Pan's Day and Night2014 · Director	Director
Boundless2013 · Self	Self
A Touch of Sin2013 · Distinguished Guest, Director, Writer	Distinguished Guest, Director, Writer