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Jia Zhangke (Chinese: 贾樟柯; pinyin: Jiǎ Zhāngkē, born 24 May 1970) is a renowned Chinese-language film and television director, screenwriter, producer, actor and writer.
Zhangke Jia is a leading figure of the "Sixth Generation" of Chinese directors. He has made films such as A Touch of Sin, Mountains May Depart and Ash Is Purest White, and has won many awards and nominations.
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- Xiao Wu (Pickpocket, 1997) Jia Zhangke exploded onto the film scene with a trilogy of thematically and stylistically connected movies about disaffected youth adjusting to the turn of the century in China.
- Unknown Pleasures (2002) Unknown Pleasures utilizes the same formula of Xiao Wu and expands upon it to make a larger statement about an entire generation of young Chinese.
- Still Life (2003) Around the time he began branching out into the world of documentary, Jia made Still Life, a fiction feature that utilizes techniques and concepts of non-fiction filmmaking to create a hybridized work.
- I Wish I Knew (2010) Considering his interest in modernization, it makes sense that Jia Zhangke would make a documentary on the changing face of Shanghai, and given his preternatural skill as a filmmaker, it also makes sense that it's completely effective.
May 23, 2024 · Veteran Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke talks about Caught by the Tides, his 2024 Cannes Film Festival entry, which captures the changes he witnessed in the 20-something years in which it was...
May 18, 2024 · Zhao Tao stars in Jia Zhangke's epic, lyrical "Caught by the Tides" as a woman searching for a lost lover in a defining portrait of modern China.
Apr 19, 2024 · Sporting a warm smile and a pair of sunglasses – “Sorry, I’ve been busy editing and my eyes hurt,” he explained – one of China’s leading indie directors Jia Zhangke, whose upcoming ...
Eleven years ago, Jia Zhangke won the Cannes Film Festival’s top screenplay prize for his much acclaimed anthology thriller A Touch of Sin (2013). He had already established himself as a master portraitist of contemporary, post-socialist China, tracing its many upheavals and transformations across his then-nearly 25-year-long career.
