Jia Zhangke
Directing
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
Directing49
movieProudly Amateur
2026
Director
movieTorino Shadow
2026
Director
movieJia Zhangke's Dance
2026
Director
movieCaught by the Tides
2025
Director
movieWheat Harvest
2024
Director
movieOut of Jungle
2023
Director
moviePeacock, Peacock
2022
Director
movieClose-Up
2021
Director
movieVisit
2020
Director
movieAsh Is Purest White
2018
Director
movieWhere Has Time Gone?
2017
Director
movieRevive
2017
Director
movieThe Hedonists
2016
Director
movieBeautiful 2016
2016
Director
movieMountains May Depart
2015
Director
movieSmog Journeys
2015
Director
movieA Touch of Sin
2013
Director
movieYulu
2011
Director
Cao Fei
2011
Director
Pan Shiyi
2011
Director
movieI Wish I Knew
2010
Director
movieRemembrance
2008
Director
movieStories on Human Rights
2008
Director
movieBlack Breakfast
2008
Director
movie24 City
2008
Director
movieCry Me a River
2008
Director
movieUseless
2008
Director
movieOur Ten Years
2007
Director
movieDong
2006
Director
movieStill Life
2006
Director
This Moment
2005
Director
movieThe World
2004
Director
movieUnknown Pleasures
2002
Director
moviePlatform
2001
Director
movieIn Public
2001
Director
movieThe Condition of Dogs
2001
Director
moviePickpocket
1997
Director
Du Du
1996
Director
movieXiao Shan Going Home
1995
Director
movieOne Day in Beijing
1994
Director
在那里
Director
Production41
movieFilipiñana
2026
Executive Producer
movieTorino Shadow
2026
Executive Producer
movieJia Zhangke's Dance
2026
Producer
movieHeaven and Hell
2025
Executive Producer
movieCaught by the Tides
2025
Executive Producer
movieA River Without Tears
2024
Executive Producer
movieThe Best is Yet to Come
2023
Producer, Executive Producer
movieHome
2022
Executive Producer
movieWhite Building
2021
Co-Producer
movieMemoria
2021
Co-Producer
movieTomorrow Will Be Fine
2021
Executive Producer
movieTracing Her Shadow
2021
Executive Producer
movieA Song for You
2020
Producer, Executive Producer
movieThe Calming
2020
Producer, Executive Producer
movieNeighbors
2019
Producer
movieNumber One
2019
Supervising Producer, Producer
movieHalf the Sky
2018
Executive Producer
movieAsh Is Purest White
2018
Executive Producer
movieDead Pigs
2018
Executive Producer, Producer
movieWhere Has Time Gone?
2017
Producer
movieOne Night on the Wharf
2017
Producer
movieLife After Life
2017
Executive Producer, Producer
movieStill Born
2017
Producer
movieMountains May Depart
2015
Executive Producer
K
2015
Producer
movieSmog Journeys
2015
Producer
Chen Ling
2015
Producer
movieFidaï
2014
Producer
movieGreat Heat
2014
Executive Producer
movieA Touch of Sin
2013
Executive Producer
movieForgetting to Know You
2013
Producer
movieMemories Look at Me
2012
Producer
movieMr. Tree
2011
Executive Producer, Producer
movieYulu
2011
Producer, Executive Producer
moviePlastic City
2009
Producer
Perfect Life
2009
Co-Producer
movie24 City
2008
Producer
movieStill Life
2006
Co-Producer
movieAll Tomorrow's Parties
2003
Associate Producer, Producer
moviePickpocket
1997
Producer
Acting36
Presi dall'onda - Conversazione con Jia Zhangke
2026
Self - filmmaker
movieMostly Sunny
2025
Dr. Cai
movieThe Lychee Road
2025
Zhong Shu Official
movieArt College 1994
2025
Gu Yongqing (voice)
movieMoonlight Madness
2024
Guest in room 622
movieBlack Dog
2024
Uncle Yao
movieThe Best is Yet to Come
2023
Coal Mine Owner
movieEverybody's Fine
2016
(cameo)
movieThe Continent
2014
Su Mi's Uncle
movieA Touch of Sin
2013
Distinguished Guest
movieXiao Jia Going Home
2007
Himself
movieKarmic Mahjong
2006
Mobster
movieMy Camera Doesn’t Lie
2003
Jia Zhangke
movieUnknown Pleasures
2002
Man singing in street (uncredited)
Writing27
movieTorino Shadow
2026
Writer
movieVisit
2020
Writer
movieRevive
2017
Writer
movieThe Hedonists
2016
Writer
movieMountains May Depart
2015
Screenplay
movieSmog Journeys
2015
Writer
movieA Touch of Sin
2013
Writer
movieI Wish I Knew
2010
Screenplay
movieRemembrance
2008
Writer
movie24 City
2008
Writer
movieCry Me a River
2008
Writer
movieOur Ten Years
2007
Writer
movieDong
2006
Writer
movieStill Life
2006
Screenplay
movieThe World
2004
Writer
moviePlatform
2001
Writer
movieIn Public
2001
Writer
moviePickpocket
1997
Writer
Du Du
1996
Screenplay
Camera4
movieUseless
2008
Director of Photography
movieDong
2006
Director of Photography
movieIn Public
2001
Director of Photography
movieThe Condition of Dogs
2001
Director of Photography
Editing4
Crew3
Creator1
tvJia's Talk
2022
Creator