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
2025
- The Sun Rises on Us All ... (Thanks)
- The Lychee Road as Zhong Shu Official
- Caught by the Tides ... (Director)
- Mostly Sunny as Dr. Cai
- Art College 1994 as Gu Yongqing (voice)
- Heaven and Hell ... (Executive Producer)
- 罗永浩的十字路口
2024
- Black Dog as Uncle Yao
- Moonlight Madness as Guest in room 622
- A River Without Tears ... (Executive Producer)
- Wheat Harvest ... (Director)
2023
- The Best is Yet to Come as Coal Mine Owner
- Out of Jungle ... (Director)
2022
- 不要回答
- Peacock, Peacock ... (Director)
- Jia's Talk as 自己
- Home ... (Executive Producer)
2021
- Tomorrow Will Be Fine ... (Executive Producer)
- The Great Director
- Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue as Self
- Memoria ... (Co-Producer)
- White Building ... (Co-Producer)
- Tracing Her Shadow ... (Executive Producer)
- Close-Up ... (Director)
2020
- Keep Rolling
- Citizen Kitano as Self
- The Calming ... (Producer)
- A Song for You ... (Producer)
- Visit
2019
- Neighbors ... (Producer)
- Number One ... (Supervising Producer)
- The Bucket ... (Director)
2018
- Half the Sky ... (Executive Producer)
- Ash Is Purest White ... (Director)
- Dead Pigs ... (Executive Producer)
2017
- Where Has Time Gone? ... (Director)
- Revive ... (Writer)
- Life After Life ... (Executive Producer)
- Still Born ... (Producer)
- One Night on the Wharf ... (Producer)
2016
- Thirteen Talks
- Everybody's Fine as (cameo)
- The Hedonists
- Beautiful 2016 ... (Director)
2015
- Mountains May Depart ... (Director)
- K ... (Producer)
- About Cinema as Self
- Smog Journeys ... (Director)
- Our Time: A Decade of Daring
- Chen Ling ... (Producer)
2014
- The Continent as Su Mi's Uncle
- Black Coal, Thin Ice ... (Thanks)
- Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema as Self
- Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang as Self
- Fidaï ... (Producer)
- Lao Pan's Day and Night ... (Director)
- Great Heat ... (Executive Producer)
2013
- A Touch of Sin as Distinguished Guest
- Boundless as Self
- Forgetting to Know You ... (Producer)
- Venice 70: Future Reloaded ... (Director)
- Venezia 70 - Future Reloaded, Jia Zhang-ke ... (Director)
2012
- Memories Look at Me ... (Producer)
2011
- 3.11 A Sense of Home Films ... (Director)
- Mr. Tree ... (Executive Producer)
- Yulu ... (Director)
- Pan Shiyi ... (Director)
- 3.11 A Sense of Home: Jia Zhang-ke ... (Director)
- Cao Fei ... (Director)
2010
- I Wish I Knew ... (Director)
2009
- Plastic City ... (Producer)
- Perfect Life ... (Co-Producer)
2008
- 24 City ... (Director)
- Cry Me a River ... (Director)
- Stories on Human Rights ... (Director)
- Useless ... (Director)
- Remembrance ... (Director)
- Black Breakfast ... (Director)
2007
- Our Ten Years ... (Director)
- Xiao Jia Going Home as Himself
2006
- Still Life ... (Director)
- Karmic Mahjong as Mobster
- Dong ... (Director)
- Walking on the Wild Side ... (Producer)
2005
- Made in China as Self
- This Moment ... (Director)
2004
- The World ... (Writer)
2003
- Shiny Stars, Rusty Red as Himself
- My Camera Doesn’t Lie as Jia Zhangke
- All Tomorrow's Parties ... (Associate Producer)
2002
- Unknown Pleasures as Man singing in street (uncredited)
- Overloaded Peking as Himself
2001
- Platform ... (Director)
- In Public ... (Director)
- The Condition of Dogs ... (Director)
1997
- Pickpocket ... (Writer)
1996
- Du Du ... (Director)
1995
1994
- One Day in Beijing ... (Director)
1962
- Golden Horse Awards as Self