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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.
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.
Apr 19, 2024 · After receiving VdR’s Prix d’Honneur Monday, Jia spent more than two and a half hours at a masterclass in Nyon’s packed Marens Theater on Tuesday, answering questions from film critic Jean ...
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 institution to...
Feb 20, 2023 · Jia Zhangke is often seen as the North Star of Chinese independent cinema. His continued interrogation of the nation’s cultural changes ever since he took up filmmaking in 1997 with “Xiao Wu” — also known as “Pickpocket,” in homage to Robert Bresson — has left behind a corpus of perceptive works which grapple with questions...
