Cast & creator
Jia Zhangke
Best known for Golden Horse Awards, Thirteen Talks, Still Life
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.".
Also known as: 贾樟柯, Zhang Ke Jia, Jia Zhang-Ke, 지아장커, Цзя Чжанкэ
169
film credits
6
television credits
36
1962–2026 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (175)
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Golden Horse Awards
Self
1962
Thirteen Talks
2016
Still Life
Screenplay
2006Still Life
Director
2006Still Life
Co-Producer
2006
The Lychee Road
Zhong Shu Official
2025
Black Dog
Uncle Yao
2024
Crossroads with Luo Yonghao
2025
A Touch of Sin
Distinguished Guest
2013A Touch of Sin
Director
2013A Touch of Sin
Writer
2013A Touch of Sin
Executive Producer
2013
Boundless
Self
2013
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Director
2013
Ash Is Purest White
Director
2018Ash Is Purest White
Executive Producer
2018Ash Is Purest White
Writer
2018
Memoria
Co-Producer
2021
Mountains May Depart
Director
2015Mountains May Depart
Screenplay
2015Mountains May Depart
Executive Producer
2015
Caught by the Tides
Director
2024Caught by the Tides
Writer
2024Caught by the Tides
Executive Producer
2024
Filipiñana
Executive Producer
2026
Black Coal, Thin Ice
Thanks
2014
Pickpocket
Director
1997Pickpocket
Writer
1997Pickpocket
Producer
1997
The Sun Rises on Us All
Thanks
2025
Mr. Tree
Executive Producer
2011Mr. Tree
Producer
2011
About Cinema
Self
2015
24 City
Director
200824 City
Producer
200824 City
Writer
2008
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
Director
2011
Platform
Director
2001Platform
Writer
2001
Being Towards Death
Self
2026Being Towards Death
Thanks
2026
The World
Writer
2004The World
Director
2004
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
Self
2014
Unknown Pleasures
Man singing in street (uncredited)
2002Unknown Pleasures
Director
2002Unknown Pleasures
Writer
2002
Moonlight Madness
Guest in room 622
2024Moonlight Madness
Presenter
2024
不要回答
2022
White Building
Co-Producer
2021
Neighbors
Producer
2019
The Continent
Su Mi's Uncle
2014
Cry Me a River
Director
2008Cry Me a River
Writer
2008
Dead Pigs
Executive Producer
2018Dead Pigs
Producer
2018
Torino Shadow
Director
2026Torino Shadow
Writer
2026Torino Shadow
Executive Producer
2026
Citizen Kitano
Self
2020
I Wish I Knew
Screenplay
2010I Wish I Knew
Director
2010
Art College 1994
Gu Yongqing (voice)
2025在那里
Director
Stories on Human Rights
Director
2008
Keep Rolling
2020
Plastic City
Producer
2009
Yulu
Director
2011Yulu
Producer
2011Yulu
Executive Producer
2011
Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue
Self
2021Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue
Director
2021Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue
Writer
2021
Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang
Self
2016
Where Has Time Gone?
Director
2017Where Has Time Gone?
Writer
2017Where Has Time Gone?
Producer
2017
Xiao Shan Going Home
1995Xiao Shan Going Home
Director
1995Xiao Shan Going Home
Writer
1995Xiao Shan Going Home
Editor
1995
Mamma Dunhuang
Director
Mamma Dunhuang
Writer
Half the Sky
Executive Producer
2018
The Best is Yet to Come
Coal Mine Owner
2023The Best is Yet to Come
Producer
2023The Best is Yet to Come
Executive Producer
2023
Still Born
Producer
2017
A Song for You
Producer
2020A Song for You
Executive Producer
2020
Jia's Talk
自己
2022Jia's Talk
Creator
2022
The Condition of Dogs
Director
2001The Condition of Dogs
Editor
2001The Condition of Dogs
Director of Photography
2001
Walking on the Wild Side
Producer
2006
Mostly Sunny
Dr. Cai
2025
Karmic Mahjong
Mobster
2006
All Tomorrow's Parties
Associate Producer
2003All Tomorrow's Parties
Producer
2003
Dong
Director
2006Dong
Writer
2006Dong
Director of Photography
2006
Heaven and Hell
Executive Producer
2025
Memories Look at Me
Producer
2012
Remembrance
Director
2008Remembrance
Writer
2008
Tomorrow Will Be Fine
Executive Producer
2021
Everybody's Fine
(cameo)
2016
The Hedonists
2016The Hedonists
Director
2016The Hedonists
Writer
2016
Tracing Her Shadow
Executive Producer
2021
In Public
Director
2001In Public
Editor
2001In Public
Director of Photography
2001In Public
Writer
2001
Shiny Stars, Rusty Red
Himself
2003
My Camera Doesn’t Lie
Jia Zhangke
2003
Life After Life
Executive Producer
2017Life After Life
Producer
2017In the Qing Dynasty
Director
In the Qing Dynasty
Screenplay
Xiao Jia Going Home
Himself
2007
Jia Zhangke's Dance
Producer
2026Jia Zhangke's Dance
Director
2026Overloaded Peking
Himself
2002
Smog Journeys
Producer
2015Smog Journeys
Writer
2015Smog Journeys
Director
2015
One Night on the Wharf
Producer
2017
Pseudo Idealist
A River Without Tears
Executive Producer
2024
Forgetting to Know You
Producer
2013
Beautiful 2016
Director
2016
Great Heat
Executive Producer
20143.11 A Sense of Home: Jia Zhang-ke
Director
2011Du Du
Director
1996Du Du
Screenplay
1996
Black Breakfast
Director
2008Black Breakfast
Editor
2008
Visit
2020Visit
Writer
2020Visit
Director
2020
Fidaï
Producer
2014Presi dall'onda - Conversazione con Jia Zhangke
Self - filmmaker
2026
Useless
Director
2008Useless
Director of Photography
2008Perfect Life
Co-Producer
2009Pan Shiyi
Director
2011
The Great Director
2021
Number One
Supervising Producer
2019Number One
Producer
2019K
Producer
2015
Wheat Harvest
Director
2024
Out of Jungle
Director
2023Our Time: A Decade of Daring
2015Our Time: A Decade of Daring
Director
2015
Home
Executive Producer
2022
The Calming
Producer
2020The Calming
Executive Producer
2020
Made in China
Self
2005
Peacock, Peacock
Director
2022Lao Pan's Day and Night
Director
2014This Moment
Director
2005
Close-Up
Director
2021
Our Ten Years
Writer
2007Our Ten Years
Director
2007
Proudly Amateur
Director
2026Cao Fei
Director
2011
Revive
Writer
2017Revive
Director
2017Chen Ling
Producer
2015
One Day in Beijing
Director
1994