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.".
Movie | Pseudo Idealist | 2025 | |
Movie | Black Dog | Uncle Yao | 2024-06-14 |
Movie | Don't Worry, Be Happy | 2024-06-16 | |
Movie | Art College 1994 | Gu Yongqing (voice) | 2023-02-18 |
Movie | The Best is Yet to Come | Coal Mine Owner | 2023-03-24 |
Series | 大世界扭蛋机 | Unknown | 2022-06-30 |
Series | 不要回答 | 2022-07-18 | |
Series | Jia's Talk | 自己 | 2022-11-09 |
Movie | The Great Director | Unknown | 2021-10-18 |
Movie | Keep Rolling | 2020-12-03 | |
Movie | Citizen Kitano | Self | 2020-10-16 |
Movie | Visit | Unknown | 2020-04-21 |
Movie | Everybody's Fine | (cameo) | 2016-01-01 |
Series | Thirteen Talks | Unknown | 2016-05-17 |
Movie | The Hedonists | 2016-03-23 | |
Movie | About Cinema | Self | 2015-09-15 |
Movie | Our Time: A Decade of Daring | Unknown | 2015-01-01 |
Movie | The Continent | Su Mi's Uncle | 2014-07-24 |
Movie | Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema | Self | 2014-10-01 |
Movie | Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang | Self | 2014-10-20 |
Movie | Boundless | Self | 2013-11-02 |
Movie | A Touch of Sin | Distinguished Guest | 2013-10-04 |
Movie | Xiao Jia Going Home | Himself | 2007-01-01 |
Movie | Karmic Mahjong | Mobster | 2006-04-26 |
Movie | Made in China | Self | 2005-05-01 |
Movie | My Camera Doesn’t Lie | Jia Zhangke | 2003-08-19 |
Movie | Shiny Stars, Rusty Red | Himself | 2003-01-01 |
Movie | Unknown Pleasures | Man singing in street (uncredited) | 2002-06-06 |
Movie | Overloaded Peking | Himself | 2002-01-01 |
Series | Golden Horse Awards | Self | 1962-10-31 |