Person Details

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Aliases: 贾樟柯 , Zhangke Jia , Zhang Ke Jia , Jia Zhang-Ke , 지아장커 , Jia ZhangKe , Цзя Чжанкэ , 賈樟柯

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Fenyang, Shanxi, China

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Movie Involvements: 91

TV Involvements: 2


Most Famous Work

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.".

Most Famous Work

A Touch of Sin
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7

A Touch of Sin

(2013) Writer
Ash Is Purest White
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7

Ash Is Purest White

(2018) Screenplay
Memoria
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6

Memoria

(2021) Co-Producer
Mountains May Depart
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7

Mountains May Depart

(2015) Screenplay
Still Life
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7

Still Life

(2006) Screenplay
Dead Pigs
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7

Dead Pigs

(2018) Production Executive
24 City
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7

24 City

(2008) Writer
Pickpocket
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7

Pickpocket

(1997) Writer

Acting

Production

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2023 Director
2022 Director
2021 Director
Director
2020 Director
2019 Director
2018 Director
2017 Director
Director
2016 Director
2015 Director
Director
2013 Director
Director
2011 Director
Director
2010 Director
2008 Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
2007 Director
2006 Director
Director
2005 Director
2004 Director
2002 Director
2001 Director
Director
Director
1997 Director
1995 Director
Director
Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Creator

Year Role Movie/Tv
2022 Creator
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Camera

Year Role Movie/Tv
2001 Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Year Role Movie/Tv

Editing


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