Jia Zhang-ke
Jia Zhang-ke (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.".
The Great Director
Art College 1994
(Gu Yongqing (voice))
Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang
(Self)
The Continent
(Su Mi's Uncle)
Karmic Mahjong
(Mobster)
Boundless
(Self)
Black Dog
(Uncle Yao)
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
(Self)
About Cinema
(Self)
A Touch of Sin
(Distinguished Guest)
Xiao Jia Going Home
(Himself)
Unknown Pleasures
(Man singing in street (uncredited))
Our Time: A Decade of Daring
Everybody's Fine
((cameo))
Mostly Sunny
Made in China
(Self)
Overloaded Peking
(Himself)
Pseudo Idealist
The Best is Yet to Come
(Coal Mine Owner)
Shiny Stars, Rusty Red
(Himself)
Visit
Citizen Kitano
(Self)
The Hedonists
Keep Rolling
My Camera Doesn’t Lie
(Jia Zhangke)
Out of Order
(622房男客人)
Xiao Shan Going Home
不要回答
Golden Horse Awards
(Self)
大世界扭蛋机
Jia's Talk
(自己)
Thirteen Talks
Still Life
(Director)
Still Life
(Screenplay)
A Song for You
(Producer)
The World
(Director)
The World
(Writer)
24 City
(Director)
24 City
(Writer)
24 City
(Producer)
Memoria
(Co-Producer)
Peacock, Peacock
(Director)
Unknown Pleasures
(Director)
Platform
(Director)
Pickpocket
(Director)
Pickpocket
(Writer)
Walking on the Wild Side
(Producer)
I Wish I Knew
(Screenplay)
I Wish I Knew
(Director)
A Song for You
(Executive Producer)
Dong
(Director)
Useless
(Director)
Close-Up
(Director)
A Touch of Sin
(Director)
Cry Me a River
(Director)
In Public
(Director)
Life After Life
(Executive Producer)
Out of Jungle
(Director)
The Condition of Dogs
(Director)
Home
(Executive Producer)
A Touch of Sin
(Writer)
In Public
(Director of Photography)
In Public
(Editor)
The Condition of Dogs
(Director of Photography)
The Condition of Dogs
(Editor)
Our Ten Years
(Director)
Our Ten Years
(Writer)
All Tomorrow's Parties
(Associate Producer)
Xiao Shan Going Home
(Director)
Xiao Shan Going Home
(Writer)
Yulu
(Producer)
Yulu
(Director)
Remembrance
(Director)
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
(Director)
Mountains May Depart
(Director)
Mountains May Depart
(Screenplay)
K
(Producer)
The Bucket
(Director)
Smog Journeys
(Director)
Smog Journeys
(Writer)
Smog Journeys
(Producer)
Tomorrow Will Be Fine
(Executive Producer)
Mr. Tree
(Executive Producer)
3.11 A Sense of Home
(Director)
The Hedonists
(Director)
Stories on Human Rights
(Director)
In the Qing Dynasty
(Director)
In the Qing Dynasty
(Screenplay)
Lao Pan's Day and Night
(Director)
Forgetting to Know You
(Producer)
Ash Is Purest White
(Director)
Ash Is Purest White
(Screenplay)
Pickpocket
(Producer)
Xiao Shan Going Home
(Editor)
Platform
(Writer)
Unknown Pleasures
(Writer)
This Moment
(Director)
Where Has Time Gone?
(Director)
Our Time: A Decade of Daring
(Director)
Perfect Life
(Co-Producer)
In Public
(Writer)
Dong
(Writer)
Cry Me a River
(Writer)
Remembrance
(Writer)
Where Has Time Gone?
(Writer)
Visit
(Writer)
Still Life
(Co-Producer)
Plastic City
(Producer)
Mr. Tree
(Producer)
Yulu
(Executive Producer)
Fidaï
(Producer)
Great Heat
(Executive Producer)
Mountains May Depart
(Executive Producer)
Still Born
(Producer)
Dead Pigs
(Executive Producer)
Ash Is Purest White
(Executive Producer)
Neighbors
(Producer)
Number One
(Supervising Producer)
Half the Sky
(Executive Producer)
The Best is Yet to Come
(Producer)
White Building
(Co-Producer)
Dong
(Director of Photography)
Useless
(Director of Photography)
One Day in Beijing
(Director)
Du Du
(Director)
3.11 A Sense of Home: Jia Zhang-ke
(Director)
Cao Fei
(Director)
Pan Shiyi
(Director)
All Tomorrow's Parties
(Producer)
Memories Look at Me
(Producer)
Life After Life
(Producer)
Dead Pigs
(Producer)
Number One
(Producer)
The Calming
(Producer)
The Best is Yet to Come
(Executive Producer)
Where Has Time Gone?
(Producer)
Chen Ling
(Producer)
The Calming
(Executive Producer)
One Night on the Wharf
(Producer)
在那里
(Director)
Caught by the Tides
(Director)
Caught by the Tides
(Writer)
A Touch of Sin
(Executive Producer)
Revive
(Director)
Revive
(Writer)
Black Breakfast
(Director)
Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue
(Director)
Tracing Her Shadow
(Executive Producer)
Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue
(Writer)
Visit
(Director)
Heaven and Hell
(Executive Producer)
The Hedonists
(Writer)
A River Without Tears
(Executive Producer)
Wheat Harvest
(Director)
Untitled Jia Zhangke Film
(Director)
Untitled Jia Zhangke Film
(Writer)
Jia's Talk
(Creator)