- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- May 24, 1970
- Place of Birth
- Fenyang, Shanxi, China
Jia Zhangke
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 rec…
Filmography
movieFilipiñana
2026 · Executive Producer
movieProudly Amateur
2026 · Director
movieTorino Shadow
2026 · Director, Writer, Executive Producer
movieBeing Towards Death
2026 · Self
movieJia Zhangke's Dance
2026 · Producer, Director
Presi dall'onda - Conversazione con Jia Zhangke
moviePresi dall'onda - Conversazione con Jia Zhangke
2026 · Self - filmmaker
movieHeaven and Hell
2025 · Executive Producer
movieThe Sun Rises on Us All
2025 · Thanks
movieMostly Sunny
2025 · Dr. Cai
tvCrossroads with Luo Yonghao
2025
movieThe Lychee Road
2025 · Zhong Shu Official
movieArt College 1994
2025 · Gu Yongqing (voice)
movieCaught by the Tides
2025 · Director, Writer, Executive Producer
movieMoonlight Madness
2024 · Guest in room 622, Presenter
movieWheat Harvest
2024 · Director
movieA River Without Tears
2024 · Executive Producer
movieBlack Dog
2024 · Uncle Yao
movieOut of Jungle
2023 · Director
movieThe Best is Yet to Come
2023 · Coal Mine Owner, Producer, Executive Producer
tvJia's Talk
2022 · 自己, Creator
tv不要回答
2022
movieHome
2022 · Executive Producer
moviePeacock, Peacock
2022 · Director
movieWhite Building
2021 · Co-Producer
movieThe Great Director
2021
movieMemoria
2021 · Co-Producer
movieClose-Up
2021 · Director
movieSwimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue
2021 · Self, Director, Writer
movieTomorrow Will Be Fine
2021 · Executive Producer
movieTracing Her Shadow
2021 · Executive Producer
movieKeep Rolling
2020
movieCitizen Kitano
2020 · Self
movieA Song for You
2020 · Producer, Executive Producer
movieVisit
2020 · , Writer, Director
movieThe Calming
2020 · Producer, Executive Producer
movieNeighbors
2019 · Producer
movieNumber One
2019 · Supervising Producer
movieHalf the Sky
2018 · Executive Producer
movieAsh Is Purest White
2018 · Director, Executive Producer, Writer
movieDead Pigs
2018 · Executive Producer
movieWhere Has Time Gone?
2017 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieOne Night on the Wharf
2017 · Producer
movieRevive
2017 · Writer, Director
movieLife After Life
2017 · Executive Producer
movieStill Born
2017 · Producer
movieJia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang
2016 · Self
tvThirteen Talks
2016
movieThe Hedonists
2016 · , Director, Writer
movieBeautiful 2016
2016 · Director
movieEverybody's Fine
2016 · (cameo)
movieMountains May Depart
2015 · Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
movieAbout Cinema
2015 · Self
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movieK
2015 · Producer
movieSmog Journeys
2015 · Director, Writer, Producer
Our Time: A Decade of Daring
movieOur Time: A Decade of Daring
2015 · , Director
Chen Ling
movieChen Ling
2015 · Producer
movieFidaï
2014 · Producer
movieFlowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
2014 · Self
movieGreat Heat
2014 · Executive Producer
movieThe Continent
2014 · Su Mi's Uncle
movieBlack Coal, Thin Ice
2014 · Thanks
Lao Pan's Day and Night
movieLao Pan's Day and Night
2014 · Director
movieBoundless
2013 · Self
movieA Touch of Sin
2013 · Distinguished Guest, Director, Writer, Executive Producer
movieVenice 70: Future Reloaded
2013 · Director
movieForgetting to Know You
2013 · Producer
movieMemories Look at Me
2012 · Producer
movie3.11 A Sense of Home Films
2011 · Director
3.11 A Sense of Home: Jia Zhang-ke
movie3.11 A Sense of Home: Jia Zhang-ke
2011 · Director
movieMr. Tree
2011 · Executive Producer
movieYulu
2011 · Director, Producer, Executive Producer
Cao Fei
movieCao Fei
2011 · Director
Pan Shiyi
moviePan Shiyi
2011 · Director
movieI Wish I Knew
2010 · Director, Screenplay
moviePlastic City
2009 · Producer
Perfect Life
moviePerfect Life
2009 · Co-Producer
movieRemembrance
2008 · Director, Writer
movieStories on Human Rights
2008 · Director
movieBlack Breakfast
2008 · Director, Editor
movie24 City
2008 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieCry Me a River
2008 · Director, Writer
movieUseless
2008 · Director, Director of Photography
movieOur Ten Years
2007 · Director, Writer
movieXiao Jia Going Home
2007 · Himself
movieDong
2006 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography
movieStill Life
2006 · Director, Screenplay, Co-Producer
movieKarmic Mahjong
2006 · Mobster
movieWalking on the Wild Side
2006 · Producer
movieMade in China
2005 · Self
This Moment
movieThis Moment
2005 · Director
movieThe World
2004 · Writer, Director
movieAll Tomorrow's Parties
2003 · Associate Producer
movieMy Camera Doesn’t Lie
2003 · Jia Zhangke
movieShiny Stars, Rusty Red
2003 · Himself
movieUnknown Pleasures
2002 · Man singing in street (uncredited), Director, Writer
Overloaded Peking
movieOverloaded Peking
2002 · Himself
moviePlatform
2001 · Director, Writer
movieIn Public
2001 · Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Writer
movieThe Condition of Dogs
2001 · Director, Director of Photography, Editor
moviePickpocket
1997 · Writer, Director, Producer
Du Du
movieDu Du
1996 · Director, Screenplay
movieXiao Shan Going Home
1995 · , Writer, Director, Editor
movieOne Day in Beijing
1994 · Director
tvGolden Horse Awards
1962 · Self
moviePseudo Idealist
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In the Qing Dynasty
movieIn the Qing Dynasty
— · Screenplay, Director
在那里
movie在那里
— · Director
Mamma Dunhuang
movieMamma Dunhuang
— · Director, Writer