Jia Zhang-ke
Jia Zhang-ke (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.".
A Touch of Sin
as Distinguished GuestFour independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence.
Movie pageBlack Dog
as Uncle YaoOn the edge of the Gobi desert in Northwest China, Lang returns to his hometown after being...
Movie pageThe Continent
as Su Mi's UncleThree men living in the Eastern most island of China go on a road trip to the Western most end...
Movie pageArt College 1994
as Gu Yongqing (voice)In the 1990s, a group of students on the campus of the Chinese Southern Academy of Arts are...
Movie pageOut of Order
as 622房男客人When gold medal lawyer Hu Gongping was having a secret meeting with his lover She Xiaoman, a...
Movie pageKeep Rolling
as uncreditedOne of Hong Kong's most influential filmmakers, Ann Hui, becomes a “star” for the first time in...
Movie pageMostly Sunny
as uncreditedAlthough Wu You (Huang Xiaoming) has reached an advanced age, his IQ and cognitive level still...
Movie pageUnknown Pleasures
as Man singing in street (uncredited)Two disaffected, unemployed Chinese youth drift through life on the streets of their industrial...
Movie pageFlowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
as SelfWith Taiwan remaining in the grip of martial law in 1982, a group of filmmakers from that...
Movie pageThe Best is Yet to Come
as Coal Mine OwnerIn 2003, Han Dong, a teenager who dropped out of high school, arrives at Beijing with a dream of...
Movie pageBoundless
as SelfAs Hong Kong's foremost filmmaker, Johnnie To himself becomes the protagonist of this...
Movie pageEverybody's Fine
as (cameo)When all four of his children cancel their yearly visits, a widower travels to the far corners...
Movie pageAbout Cinema
as SelfAn abandoned tumbledown theater in the outback of Paraíba state is the initial setting of a film...
Movie pageJia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang
as SelfChinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke returns to the shooting locations of his films, along with his...
Movie pageCitizen Kitano
as SelfTakeshi Kitano is an international icon. We know the actor, the multi-award-winning filmmaker,...
Movie pageKarmic Mahjong
as MobsterChen Chuan (Francis Ng) is a simple man who seems to be cursed with bad luck all the time....
Movie pageThe Great Director
as uncreditedThe closing film for 2021's Pingyao Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon International Film Festival.
Movie pageThe Hedonists
as uncreditedThe closure of an unprofitable state-run coal mine in Shanxi, China forces three middle-aged men...
Movie pageXiao Jia Going Home
as HimselfLeading Chinese Sixth Generation filmmaker Jia Zhangke returns home to Fenyang in Shanxi...
Movie pageShiny Stars, Rusty Red
as HimselfMeet Wang Yuelun, a young and ambitious Chinese who dreams of becoming a film director....
Movie pageVisit
as uncreditedThe idea is to create a film at home, using the environment, the people or the animals in that...
Movie pageMy Camera Doesn’t Lie
as Jia ZhangkeA film about Chinese underground filmmakers who were the first to express their truthful and...
Movie pageMade in China
as SelfA documentary about the making of Jia Zhangke's film the World.
Movie pageGolden Horse Awards
as SelfThe Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (Chinese: 台北金馬影展; pinyin: Táiběi Jīnmǎ...
TV Show pageJia's Talk
as 自己This talk show was initiated by director Jia Zhangke. It opened an in-depth dialogue with 8...
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