
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 ForDirecting
- Born24 May 1970 (age 55)
- Place of BirthFenyang, Shanxi, China
Jia Zhangke

- Known ForDirecting
- Born24 May 1970 (age 55)
- Place of BirthFenyang, Shanxi, China

Mostly Sunny
2025

Caught by the Tides
2024

Wheat Harvest
2024

Black Dog
2024

Out of Order
2024

Out of Jungle
2023

The Best is Yet to Come
2023

Art College 1994
2023

Peacock, Peacock
2022

Close-Up
2021

Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue
2021

The Great Director
2021

A Song for You
2020

The Calming
2020

Visit
2020

Citizen Kitano
2020

Keep Rolling
2020

The Bucket
2019

Neighbors
2019

Number One
2019

Ash Is Purest White
2018

Dead Pigs
2018

Where Has Time Gone?
2017

Still Born
2017

Life After Life
2017

One Night on the Wharf
2017

Revive
2017

The Hedonists
2016

Everybody's Fine
2016

Mountains May Depart
2015
K
2015

Smog Journeys
2015
Our Time: A Decade of Daring
2015
Chen Ling
2015

About Cinema
2015
Lao Pan's Day and Night
2014

Fidaï
2014

Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang
2014

The Continent
2014

Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
2014

A Touch of Sin
2013

Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013

Forgetting to Know You
2013

Boundless
2013

Memories Look at Me
2012

Yulu
2011

3.11 A Sense of Home
2011

Mr. Tree
2011
3.11 A Sense of Home: Jia Zhang-ke
2011
Cao Fei
2011
Pan Shiyi
2011

I Wish I Knew
2010

Plastic City
2009

24 City
2008

Useless
2008

Cry Me a River
2008

Remembrance
2008

Stories on Human Rights
2008

Black Breakfast
2008

Our Ten Years
2007

Xiao Jia Going Home
2007

Still Life
2006

Walking on the Wild Side
2006

Dong
2006

Karmic Mahjong
2006
This Moment
2005

Made in China
2005

The World
2004

All Tomorrow's Parties
2003

Shiny Stars, Rusty Red
2003

My Camera Doesn’t Lie
2003

Unknown Pleasures
2002
Overloaded Peking
2002

Platform
2001

In Public
2001

The Condition of Dogs
2001

Pickpocket
1997
Du Du
1996
