Directing
Jia Zhangke
ZH, IT, TL, XX cinema · 103 credits
Born
24 May 1970 (age 56)
Birthplace
Fenyang, Shanxi, China
Also known as 贾樟柯 · Zhang Ke Jia · Jia Zhang-Ke · 지아장커 · Цзя Чжанкэ · 賈樟柯
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.".
Known for
Filmography
In the Qing Dynasty
In the Qing Dynasty
Director, Screenplay
在那里
在那里
Director
Mamma Dunhuang
Director, Writer
Presi dall'onda - Conversazione con Jia Zhangke
2026
Presi dall'onda - Conversazione con Jia Zhangke
as Self - filmmaker
Being Towards Death
as Self, Thanks
Filipiñana
Executive Producer
Jia Zhangke's Dance
Producer, Director
Torino Shadow
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
Art College 1994
as Gu Yongqing (voice)
Mostly Sunny
as Dr. Cai
The Lychee Road
as Zhong Shu Official
Heaven and Hell
Executive Producer
Black Dog
as Uncle Yao
Moonlight Madness
as Guest in room 622, Presenter
Caught by the Tides
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
A River Without Tears
Executive Producer
Wheat Harvest
Director
The Best is Yet to Come
as Coal Mine Owner, Producer, Executive Producer
Out of Jungle
Director
Home
Executive Producer
Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue
as Self, Director, Writer
Memoria
Co-Producer
Close-Up
Director
Tomorrow Will Be Fine
Executive Producer
White Building
Co-Producer
Tracing Her Shadow
Executive Producer
Visit
Actor, Writer, Director
Citizen Kitano
as Self
A Song for You
Producer, Executive Producer
The Calming
Producer, Executive Producer
Neighbors
Producer
Number One
Supervising Producer, Producer
Ash Is Purest White
Director, Executive Producer, Writer
Dead Pigs
Executive Producer, Producer
Half the Sky
Executive Producer
Life After Life
Executive Producer, Producer
Where Has Time Gone?
Director, Writer, Producer
Still Born
Producer
Revive
Director, Writer
Everybody's Fine
as (cameo)
The Hedonists
Actor, Director, Writer
Beautiful 2016
Director
About Cinema
as Self
Mountains May Depart
Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
K
2015
K
Producer
Smog Journeys
Director, Writer, Producer
The Continent
as Su Mi's Uncle
Fidaï
Producer
Great Heat
Executive Producer
Boundless
as Self
A Touch of Sin
as Distinguished Guest, Director, Writer, Executive Producer
Memories Look at Me
Producer
Yulu
Producer, Director, Executive Producer
Mr. Tree
Executive Producer, Producer
曹斐
2011
Cao Fei
Director
I Wish I Knew
Screenplay, Director
完美生活
2009
Perfect Life
Co-Producer
Plastic City
Producer
24 City
Director, Writer, Producer
Useless
Director, Director of Photography
Cry Me a River
Director, Writer
Remembrance
Director, Writer
Black Breakfast
Director, Editor
Xiao Jia Going Home
as Himself
Our Ten Years
Director, Writer
Karmic Mahjong
as Mobster
Still Life
Director, Screenplay, Co-Producer
Dong
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
The World
Director, Writer
Shiny Stars, Rusty Red
as Himself
My Camera Doesn’t Lie
as Jia Zhangke
All Tomorrow's Parties
Associate Producer, Producer
Unknown Pleasures
as Man singing in street (uncredited), Director, Writer
Platform
Director, Writer
In Public
Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer
The Condition of Dogs
Director, Director of Photography, Editor
Pickpocket
Director, Writer, Producer
嘟嘟
1996
Du Du
Director, Screenplay
Xiao Shan Going Home
Actor, Director, Writer, Editor
