Jia Zhangke
Born: 1970-05-24 in Fenyang, Shanxi, China
Known For: Directing
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.".
Filmography
2026
- Filipiñana ... (Executive Producer)
- Being Towards Death as Self
- Torino Shadow ... (Director)
- Jia Zhangke's Dance ... (Producer)
- Presi dall'onda - Conversazione con Jia Zhangke as Self - filmmaker
- Proudly Amateur ... (Director)
2025
- Crossroads with Luo Yonghao
- The Lychee Road as Zhong Shu Official
- The Sun Rises on Us All ... (Thanks)
- Art College 1994 as Gu Yongqing (voice)
- Heaven and Hell ... (Executive Producer)
- Mostly Sunny as Dr. Cai
2024
- Black Dog as Uncle Yao
- Caught by the Tides ... (Director)
- Moonlight Madness as Guest in room 622
- Wheat Harvest ... (Director)
- A River Without Tears ... (Executive Producer)
2023
- The Best is Yet to Come as Coal Mine Owner
- Out of Jungle ... (Director)
2022
- Jia's Talk as 自己
- 不要回答
- Home ... (Executive Producer)
- Peacock, Peacock ... (Director)
2021
- Memoria ... (Co-Producer)
- White Building ... (Co-Producer)
- Tracing Her Shadow ... (Executive Producer)
- Tomorrow Will Be Fine ... (Executive Producer)
- Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue as Self
- Close-Up ... (Director)
- The Great Director
2020
- Citizen Kitano as Self
- Visit
- Keep Rolling
- A Song for You ... (Producer)
- The Calming ... (Producer)
2019
- Neighbors ... (Producer)
- Number One ... (Supervising Producer)
2018
- Ash Is Purest White ... (Director)
- Dead Pigs ... (Executive Producer)
- Half the Sky ... (Executive Producer)
2017
- Still Born ... (Producer)
- Where Has Time Gone? ... (Director)
- One Night on the Wharf ... (Producer)
- Life After Life ... (Executive Producer)
- Revive ... (Writer)
2016
- Thirteen Talks
- Everybody's Fine as (cameo)
- Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang as Self
- The Hedonists
- Beautiful 2016 ... (Director)
2015
- Mountains May Depart ... (Director)
- About Cinema as Self
- Smog Journeys ... (Director)
- Chen Ling ... (Producer)
- K ... (Producer)
- Our Time: A Decade of Daring
2014
- Black Coal, Thin Ice ... (Thanks)
- Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema as Self
- The Continent as Su Mi's Uncle
- Great Heat ... (Executive Producer)
- Fidaï ... (Producer)
- Lao Pan's Day and Night ... (Director)
2013
- Venice 70: Future Reloaded ... (Director)
- A Touch of Sin as Distinguished Guest
- Boundless as Self
- Forgetting to Know You ... (Producer)
2012
- Memories Look at Me ... (Producer)
2011
- Mr. Tree ... (Executive Producer)
- 3.11 A Sense of Home Films ... (Director)
- Yulu ... (Director)
- 3.11 A Sense of Home: Jia Zhang-ke ... (Director)
- Cao Fei ... (Director)
- Pan Shiyi ... (Director)
2010
- I Wish I Knew ... (Director)
2009
- Plastic City ... (Producer)
- Perfect Life ... (Co-Producer)
2008
- 24 City ... (Director)
- Stories on Human Rights ... (Director)
- Cry Me a River ... (Director)
- Useless ... (Director)
- Remembrance ... (Director)
- Black Breakfast ... (Director)
2007
- Xiao Jia Going Home as Himself
- Our Ten Years ... (Director)
2006
- Still Life ... (Director)
- Walking on the Wild Side ... (Producer)
- Karmic Mahjong as Mobster
- Dong ... (Director)
2005
- Made in China as Self
- This Moment ... (Director)
2004
- The World ... (Writer)
2003
- Shiny Stars, Rusty Red as Himself
- All Tomorrow's Parties ... (Associate Producer)
- My Camera Doesn’t Lie as Jia Zhangke
2002
- Unknown Pleasures as Man singing in street (uncredited)
- Overloaded Peking as Himself
2001
- Platform ... (Director)
- The Condition of Dogs ... (Director)
- In Public ... (Director)
1997
- Pickpocket ... (Writer)
1996
- Du Du ... (Director)
1995
1994
- One Day in Beijing ... (Director)
1962
- Golden Horse Awards as Self