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Birthday: May 24, 1970
Place of Birth: Fenyang, Shanxi, China

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.".

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
The Great Director 2021
Art College 1994 Gu Yongqing (voice) 2023
Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang Self 2014
The Continent Su Mi's Uncle 2014
Karmic Mahjong Mobster 2006
Boundless Self 2013
Black Dog Uncle Yao 2024
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema Self 2014
About Cinema Self 2015
A Touch of Sin Distinguished Guest 2013
Xiao Jia Going Home Himself 2007
Unknown Pleasures Man singing in street (uncredited) 2002
Our Time: A Decade of Daring 2015
Everybody's Fine (cameo) 2016
Mostly Sunny 2024
Made in China Self 2005
Overloaded Peking Himself 2002
Pseudo Idealist 1970
The Best is Yet to Come Coal Mine Owner 2023
Shiny Stars, Rusty Red Himself 2003
Visit 2020
Citizen Kitano Self 2020
The Hedonists 2016
Keep Rolling 2020
My Camera Doesn’t Lie Jia Zhangke 2003
Out of Order 622房男客人 2024
Series Cast Year
不要回答 2022
Golden Horse Awards Self 1962
大世界扭蛋机 2022
Jia's Talk 自己 2022
Thirteen Talks 2016
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