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
    Directing
    Place of birth
    Fenyang, Shanxi, China
    Birthday
    5/24/1970
The Great Director
The Great Director
6
Art College 1994
Art College 1994
4.4
Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang
Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang
6.9
The Continent
The Continent
6.1
Karmic Mahjong
Karmic Mahjong
5
Boundless
Boundless
7.5
Black Dog
Black Dog
7
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
7.1
About Cinema
About Cinema
8.3
A Touch of Sin
A Touch of Sin
7.2
Xiao Jia Going Home
Xiao Jia Going Home
3
Unknown Pleasures
Unknown Pleasures
6.3
Our Time: A Decade of Daring
0
Everybody's Fine
Everybody's Fine
5.3
Mostly Sunny
Mostly Sunny
0
Made in China
Made in China
0
Overloaded Peking
0
The Best is Yet to Come
The Best is Yet to Come
6.2
Shiny Stars, Rusty Red
Shiny Stars, Rusty Red
0
Visit
Visit
5.143
Citizen Kitano
Citizen Kitano
7.5
The Hedonists
The Hedonists
7.4
Keep Rolling
Keep Rolling
8
My Camera Doesn’t Lie
My Camera Doesn’t Lie
0
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