Jia Zhangke
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 24, 1970 (age 56)
- Birthplace
- Fenyang, Shanxi, China
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.".
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In the Qing Dynasty
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在那里
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Mamma Dunhuang
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Jia Zhangke's Dance
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Torino Shadow
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Proudly Amateur
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Caught by the Tides
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Wheat Harvest
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Out of Jungle
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Peacock, Peacock
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Close-Up
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Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue
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Visit
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Ash Is Purest White
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Where Has Time Gone?
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Revive
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The Hedonists
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Beautiful 2016
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Mountains May Depart
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Smog Journeys
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Our Time: A Decade of Daring
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Lao Pan's Day and Night
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A Touch of Sin
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Venice 70: Future Reloaded
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Yulu
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3.11 A Sense of Home Films
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3.11 A Sense of Home: Jia Zhang-ke
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Cao Fei
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Pan Shiyi
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I Wish I Knew
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24 City
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Useless
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Cry Me a River
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Remembrance
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Stories on Human Rights
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Our Ten Years
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Still Life
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Dong
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This Moment
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The World
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Unknown Pleasures
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Platform
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In Public
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The Condition of Dogs
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Pickpocket
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Du Du
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Xiao Shan Going Home
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One Day in Beijing
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