10.0
10.0
Half the Sky
2018
Executive Producer
Jia Zhangke
Directing
Born:May 24, 1970(age 56)
Birthplace:Fenyang, Shanxi, China
Nationality:People's Republic of China
Education:Beijing Film Academy
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CommunityBiography
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.".
Notable Works
The WorldStill LifeA Touch of Sin
Filmography (93 movies)
8.2
8.2
About Cinema
2015
as Self
8.0
8.0
Keep Rolling
2020
8.0
8.0
Remembrance
2008
Writer
7.5
7.5
Art College 1994
2025
as Gu Yongqing (voice)
7.5
7.5
Citizen Kitano
2020
as Self
7.5
7.5
Boundless
2013
as Self
7.4
7.4
The Hedonists
2016
Writer
7.2
7.2
Black Dog
2024
as Uncle Yao
7.2
7.2
Still Life
2006
Director
7.2
7.2
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
2014
as Self
7.2
7.2
Pickpocket
1997
Director
7.2
7.2
A Touch of Sin
2013
Writer
7.1
7.1
Mr. Tree
2011
Producer
7.0
7.0
24 City
2008
Director
7.0
7.0
Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue
2021
Director
7.0
7.0
Memories Look at Me
2012
Producer
7.0
7.0
Great Heat
2014
Executive Producer
6.9
6.9
Mountains May Depart
2015
Director
6.9
6.9
Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang
2014
as Self
6.9
6.9
Platform
2001
Writer
6.9
6.9
The World
2004
Director
6.9
6.9
Ash Is Purest White
2018
Director
6.8
6.8
Dead Pigs
2018
Producer
6.8
6.8
Caught by the Tides
2024
Director
6.8
6.8
Tracing Her Shadow
2021
Executive Producer
6.7
6.7
I Wish I Knew
2010
Screenplay
6.5
6.5
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
2011
Director
6.4
6.4
Unknown Pleasures
2002
Writer
6.4
6.4
Useless
2008
Director
6.3
6.3
The Bucket
2019
Director
6.3
6.3
Life After Life
2017
Executive Producer
6.2
6.2
The Continent
2014
as Su Mi's Uncle
6.1
6.1
The Best is Yet to Come
2023
Executive Producer
6.0
6.0
The Great Director
2021
6.0
6.0
Walking on the Wild Side
2006
Producer
6.0
6.0
Revive
2017
Director
6.0
6.0
In Public
2001
Director
6.0
6.0
Forgetting to Know You
2013
Producer
5.9
5.9
All Tomorrow's Parties
2003
Producer
5.8
5.8
The Condition of Dogs
2001
Director
5.8
5.8
Cry Me a River
2008
Writer
5.8
5.8
Smog Journeys
2015
Director
5.7
5.7
The Calming
2020
Producer
5.6
5.6
Xiao Shan Going Home
1995
Writer
5.5
5.5
Dong
2006
Writer
5.5
5.5
Where Has Time Gone?
2017
Writer
5.5
5.5
Our Ten Years
2007
Director
5.5
5.5
Black Breakfast
2008
Director
5.4
5.4
K
2015
Producer
5.3
5.3
Everybody's Fine
2016
as (cameo)
5.2
5.2
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013
Director
5.1
5.1
Visit
2020
Director
5.0
5.0
Karmic Mahjong
2006
as Mobster
5.0
5.0
Number One
2019
Producer
4.5
4.5
Neighbors
2019
Producer
4.0
4.0
Out of Jungle
2023
Director
3.9
3.9
Plastic City
2009
Producer
3.5
3.5
Moonlight Madness
2024
as Guest in room 622
3.0
3.0
Xiao Jia Going Home
2007
as Himself
2.2
2.2
Stories on Human Rights
2008
Director
1.5
1.5
Tomorrow Will Be Fine
2021
Executive Producer
My Camera Doesn’t Lie
2003
as Jia Zhangke
Overloaded Peking
2002
as Himself
Shiny Stars, Rusty Red
2003
as Himself
Our Time: A Decade of Daring
2015
Director
Mostly Sunny
2025
Made in China
2005
as Self
Pseudo Idealist
TBA
Close-Up
2021
Director
Fidaï
2014
Producer
Peacock, Peacock
2022
Director
This Moment
2005
Director
Still Born
2017
Producer
Lao Pan's Day and Night
2014
Director
Home
2022
Executive Producer
One Day in Beijing
1994
Director
Du Du
1996
Director
3.11 A Sense of Home: Jia Zhang-ke
2011
Director
Cao Fei
2011
Director
Pan Shiyi
2011
Director
Chen Ling
2015
Producer
在那里
TBA
Director
A River Without Tears
2024
Executive Producer
Wheat Harvest
2024
Director
Untitled Jia Zhangke Film
TBA
Writer
Beautiful 2016
2016
Director
One Night on the Wharf
2017
Producer
Venezia 70 - Future Reloaded, Jia Zhang-ke
2013
Director
In the Qing Dynasty
TBA
Director
Yulu
2011
Producer
Heaven and Hell
TBA
Executive Producer
A Song for You
2020
Executive Producer
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