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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 was born on 24 May 1970 in Fenyang, Shanxi, China. He is a producer and director, known for Ash Is Purest White (2018), A Touch of Sin (2013) and Mountains May Depart (2015). He has been married to Tao Zhao since 7 January 2012.
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- Fenyang, Shanxi, China
贾樟柯（Jia Zhangke），1970年5月24日出生于山西省吕梁市汾阳市，华语影视导演、编剧、制片人、演员、作家，平遥国际电影展创始人，中国作家协会会员，毕业于北京电影学院文学系。
Apr 19, 2024 · The Chinese indie director talks about his film "Caught by the Tides", which blends footage shot with various technologies and spans 20 years of his marriage. He also shares his views on independent filmmaking, long takes and respecting the audience.
- Lise Pedersen
May 18, 2024 · A poetic and pioneering fusion of old and new footage from the Chinese master's career. Zhao Tao stars as a woman searching for a lost lover in a lyrical drama that is both a career-retrospective and a portrait of modern China.
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.
May 18, 2024 · Across his 25-year career, Jia Zhangke has become the de facto face of independent-minded Chinese cinema — and the Cannes Film Festival has arguably been the most important...
