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Jia Zhangke (Chinese: 贾樟柯; pinyin: Jiǎ Zhāngkē, born 24 May 1970) is a Chinese film and television director, screenwriter, producer, actor and writer.
Producer: Ash Is Purest White. Jia Zhang-ke 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).
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...
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 ...
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.
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 26, 2016 · In a professional career of two decades, the director Jia Zhangke has distinguished himself as one of the most singular and stalwart talents in contemporary Chinese cinema.
With each new film, be it fiction or documentary, Jia Zhangke reasserts his status as one of the keenest chroniclers of China’s unprecedented—and unending—transformation. His latest, Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue, serves as a reminder that he is not alone on his mission.
Oct 5, 2015 · The director’s exploration of peripheral spaces, particularly those of his home province of Shanxi, is the subject of Walter Salles’s documentary portrait Jia Zhangke, a Guy from Fenyang (2015).
Jun 6, 2023 · Acclaimed Chinese auteur filmmaker Jia Zhang-ke has set “ We Shall Be All ” as his next feature directing project. It is his first in the five years since his “Ash Is Purest White,” which...
