Jia Zhangke
91 movies
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 24, 1970 (age 56)
- Place of birth
- Fenyang, Shanxi, China
- Also known as
- 贾樟柯 · Zhang Ke Jia · Jia Zhang-Ke · 지아장커
Biography
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.".
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Jia Zhangke: movies and TV shows
Acting (19)
- Upcoming
- 2025 Mostly Sunny
as Dr. Cai
- 2025 The Lychee Road
as Zhong Shu Official
- 2025 Art College 1994
as Gu Yongqing (voice)
- 2024 Moonlight Madness
as Guest in room 622
- 2024 Black Dog
as Uncle Yao
- 2023 The Best is Yet to Come
as Coal Mine Owner
- 2021
- 2020
- 2020
- 2016
- 2016 Everybody's Fine
as (cameo)
- 2015
- 2014 The Continent
as Su Mi's Uncle
- 2013 A Touch of Sin
as Distinguished Guest
- 2006 Karmic Mahjong
as Mobster
- 2003 My Camera Doesn’t Lie
as Jia Zhangke
- 2002 Unknown Pleasures
as Man singing in street (uncredited)
- 1995
Behind the camera (83)
- Upcoming In the Qing Dynasty
Director, Screenplay
- Upcoming 在那里
Director
- Upcoming Mamma Dunhuang
Director, Writer
- 2026 Filipiñana
Executive Producer
- 2026 Proudly Amateur
Director
- 2026 Torino Shadow
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
- 2026 Being Towards Death
Thanks
- 2026 Jia Zhangke's Dance
Producer, Director
- 2025 Heaven and Hell
Executive Producer
- 2025 The Sun Rises on Us All
Thanks
- 2024 Moonlight Madness
Presenter
- 2024 Wheat Harvest
Director
- 2024 Caught by the Tides
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
- 2024 A River Without Tears
Executive Producer
- 2023 Out of Jungle
Director
- 2023 The Best is Yet to Come
Producer, Executive Producer
- 2022
- 2022 Home
Executive Producer
- 2022 Peacock, Peacock
Director
- 2021 White Building
Co-Producer
- 2021 Memoria
Co-Producer
- 2021 Close-Up
Director
- 2021 Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue
Director, Writer
- 2021 Tomorrow Will Be Fine
Executive Producer
- 2021 Tracing Her Shadow
Executive Producer
- 2020 A Song for You
Producer, Executive Producer
- 2020 Visit
Writer, Director
- 2020 The Calming
Producer, Executive Producer
- 2019 Neighbors
Producer
- 2019 Number One
Supervising Producer, Producer
- 2018 Half the Sky
Executive Producer
- 2018 Ash Is Purest White
Director, Executive Producer, Writer
- 2018 Dead Pigs
Executive Producer, Producer
- 2017 Where Has Time Gone?
Director, Writer, Producer
- 2017 One Night on the Wharf
Producer
- 2017 Revive
Writer, Director
- 2017 Life After Life
Executive Producer, Producer
- 2017 Still Born
Producer
- 2016 The Hedonists
Director, Writer
- 2016 Beautiful 2016
Director
- 2015 Mountains May Depart
Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
- 2015 K
Producer
- 2015 Smog Journeys
Producer, Writer, Director
- 2015 Our Time: A Decade of Daring
Director
- 2015 Chen Ling
Producer
- 2014 Fidaï
Producer
- 2014 Great Heat
Executive Producer
- 2014 Black Coal, Thin Ice
Thanks
- 2014 Lao Pan's Day and Night
Director
- 2013 A Touch of Sin
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
- 2013 Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Director
- 2013 Forgetting to Know You
Producer
- 2012 Memories Look at Me
Producer
- 2011 3.11 A Sense of Home Films
Director
- 2011 3.11 A Sense of Home: Jia Zhang-ke
Director
- 2011 Mr. Tree
Executive Producer, Producer
- 2011 Yulu
Director, Producer, Executive Producer
- 2011 Pan Shiyi
Director
- 2011 Cao Fei
Director
- 2010 I Wish I Knew
Screenplay, Director
- 2009 Plastic City
Producer
- 2009 Perfect Life
Co-Producer
- 2008 Remembrance
Director, Writer
- 2008 Stories on Human Rights
Director
- 2008 Black Breakfast
Director, Editor
- 2008 24 City
Director, Producer, Writer
- 2008 Cry Me a River
Director, Writer
- 2008 Useless
Director, Director of Photography
- 2007 Our Ten Years
Writer, Director
- 2006 Dong
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
- 2006 Still Life
Screenplay, Director, Co-Producer
- 2006 Walking on the Wild Side
Producer
- 2005 This Moment
Director
- 2004 The World
Writer, Director
- 2003 All Tomorrow's Parties
Associate Producer, Producer
- 2002 Unknown Pleasures
Director, Writer
- 2001 Platform
Director, Writer
- 2001 In Public
Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Writer
- 2001 The Condition of Dogs
Director, Editor, Director of Photography
- 1997 Pickpocket
Director, Writer, Producer
- 1996 Du Du
Director, Screenplay
- 1995 Xiao Shan Going Home
Director, Writer, Editor
- 1994 One Day in Beijing
Director
Talk shows and appearances (14)
- 2026
- 2025 Crossroads with Luo Yonghao
1 episode
- 2022 不要回答
8 episodes
- 2020
- 2016
- 2016 Thirteen Talks
1 episode
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
- 2007
- 2005
- 2003
- 2002
- 1962 Golden Horse Awards
1 episode