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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

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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
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Mostly Sunny
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2025
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Caught by the Tides
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6.8
2024
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Wheat Harvest
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2024
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Black Dog
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7.3
2024
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Out of Order
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3.5
2024
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Out of Jungle
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4.0
2023
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The Best is Yet to Come
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6.1
2023
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Art College 1994
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4.667
2023
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Peacock, Peacock
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2022
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Close-Up
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2021
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Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue
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7.0
2021
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The Great Director
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6.0
2021
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A Song for You
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2020
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The Calming
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5.667
2020
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Visit
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5.1
2020
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Citizen Kitano
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7.5
2020
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Keep Rolling
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8.0
2020
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The Bucket
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6.333
2019
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Neighbors
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4.5
2019
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Number One
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5.0
2019
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Ash Is Purest White
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6.8
2018
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Dead Pigs
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6.772
2018
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Where Has Time Gone?
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5.5
2017
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Still Born
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2017
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Life After Life
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6.3
2017
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One Night on the Wharf
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2017
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Revive
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6.0
2017
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The Hedonists
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7.4
2016
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Everybody's Fine
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5.3
2016
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Mountains May Depart
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6.945
2015
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K
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5.5
2015
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Smog Journeys
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5.8
2015
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Our Time: A Decade of Daring
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2015
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Chen Ling
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2015
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About Cinema
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8.25
2015
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Lao Pan's Day and Night
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2014
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Fidaï
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2014
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Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang
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6.923
2014
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The Continent
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6.226
2014
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Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
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7.1
2014
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A Touch of Sin
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7.2
2013
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Venice 70: Future Reloaded
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5.188
2013
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Forgetting to Know You
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6.0
2013
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Boundless
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7.5
2013
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Memories Look at Me
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7.0
2012
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Yulu
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2011
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3.11 A Sense of Home
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6.5
2011
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Mr. Tree
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7.0
2011
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3.11 A Sense of Home: Jia Zhang-ke
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2011
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Cao Fei
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2011
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Pan Shiyi
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2011
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I Wish I Knew
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6.632
2010
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Plastic City
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3.9
2009
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24 City
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7.0
2008
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Useless
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6.4
2008
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Cry Me a River
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5.8
2008
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Remembrance
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8.0
2008
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Stories on Human Rights
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2.25
2008
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Black Breakfast
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5.5
2008
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Our Ten Years
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5.5
2007
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Xiao Jia Going Home
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3.0
2007
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Still Life
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7.207
2006
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Walking on the Wild Side
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6.0
2006
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Dong
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5.8
2006
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Karmic Mahjong
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5.0
2006
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This Moment
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2005
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Made in China
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2005
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The World
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6.862
2004
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All Tomorrow's Parties
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5.9
2003
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Shiny Stars, Rusty Red
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2003
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My Camera Doesn’t Lie
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2003
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Unknown Pleasures
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6.373
2002
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Overloaded Peking
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2002
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Platform
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6.952
2001
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In Public
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6.0
2001
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The Condition of Dogs
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5.8
2001
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Pickpocket
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7.3
1997
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Du Du
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1996
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Xiao Shan Going Home
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5.6
1995
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One Day in Beijing
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1994