Jia Zhangke
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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
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A Touch of Sin (2013)
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Ash Is Purest White (2018)
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Unknown Pleasures (2002)
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Still Life (2006)
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Mountains May Depart (2015)
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Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)
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The Hedonists (2016)
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Caught by the Tides (2025)
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The World (2004)
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Pickpocket (1997)
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3.11 A Sense of Home Films (2011)
Director
24 City (2008)
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Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue (2021)
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Where Has Time Gone? (2017)
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Stories on Human Rights (2008)
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Platform (2001)
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I Wish I Knew (2010)
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Cry Me a River (2008)
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在那里 (—)
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Useless (2008)
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Mamma Dunhuang (—)
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Revive (2017)
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Beautiful 2016 (2016)
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Black Breakfast (2008)
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In Public (2001)
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Our Ten Years (2007)
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Torino Shadow (2026)
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Out of Jungle (2023)
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Remembrance (2008)
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Xiao Shan Going Home (1995)
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Dong (2006)
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Smog Journeys (2015)
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This Moment (2005)
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In the Qing Dynasty (—)
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The Condition of Dogs (2001)
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Yulu (2011)
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Wheat Harvest (2024)
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Peacock, Peacock (2022)
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One Day in Beijing (1994)
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Visit (2020)
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Close-Up (2021)
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Pan Shiyi (2011)
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Cao Fei (2011)
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Du Du (1996)
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Lao Pan's Day and Night (2014)
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Our Time: A Decade of Daring (2015)
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3.11 A Sense of Home: Jia Zhang-ke (2011)
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Jia Zhangke's Dance (2026)
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Proudly Amateur (2026)
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