Directed credits
32
Prolific
Very extensive directing filmography.
Director
Jia Zhangke
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.8
Moderate attention
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Directed movies: 32Directed series: 0All crew credits: 67
TMDB ID: 24011
IMDb ID: nm0422605
Known for: Directing
Born: May 24, 1970
Age: 55
Place of birth: Fenyang, Shanxi, China
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1962 - 2026
Years active: 65
Average TMDB rating: 6.85
Wikidata: Q461079
Also known as
贾樟柯 • Zhang Ke Jia • Jia Zhang-Ke • 지아장커 • Цзя Чжанкэ • 賈樟柯
Frequent jobs
Director (32)Executive Producer (11)Producer (11)Writer (5)Co-Producer (2)Thanks (2)Associate Producer (1)Creator (1)Presenter (1)
Biography
Jia Zhangke (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.".
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Jia Zhangke.
6.8
Caught by the Tides
Director
2025 Movie
Wheat Harvest
Director
2024 Movie
4.0
Out of Jungle
Director
2023 Movie
Peacock, Peacock
Director
2022 Movie
Close-Up
Director
2021 Movie
7.0
Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue
Director
2021 Movie
6.3
The Bucket
Director
2019 Movie
6.9
Ash Is Purest White
Director
2018 Movie
5.5
Where Has Time Gone?
Director
2017 Movie
7.4
The Hedonists
Director
2016 Movie
Beautiful 2016
Director
2016 Movie
6.9
Mountains May Depart
Director
2015 Movie
5.8
Smog Journeys
Director
2015 Movie
7.2
A Touch of Sin
Director
2013 Movie
4.9
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Director
2013 Movie
6.5
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
Director
2011 Movie
Yulu
Director
2011 Movie
6.7
I Wish I Knew
Director
2010 Movie
8.0
Remembrance
Director
2008 Movie
2.2
Stories on Human Rights
Director
2008 Movie
5.5
Black Breakfast
Director
2008 Movie
7.0
24 City
Director
2008 Movie
5.8
Cry Me a River
Director
2008 Movie
6.4
Useless
Director
2008 Movie
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Jia Zhangke.
7.2
Black Dog
as Uncle Yao
2024 Movie
7.2
Still Life
Director
2006 Movie
7.2
Pickpocket
Writer
1997 Movie
7.2
A Touch of Sin
Director
2013 Movie
7.0
Platform
Director
2001 Movie
6.9
Mountains May Depart
Director
2015 Movie
6.9
Ash Is Purest White
Director
2018 Movie
6.5
Black Coal, Thin Ice
Thanks
2014 Movie
6.2
The Continent
as Su Mi's Uncle
2014 Movie
6.0
Memoria
Co-Producer
2021 Movie
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Jia Zhangke.
7.5
Citizen Kitano
as Self
2020 Movie
4.5
Neighbors
Producer
2019 Movie
10.0
Half the Sky
Executive Producer
2018 Movie
7.2
Black Dog
as Uncle Yao
2024 Movie
Heaven and Hell
Executive Producer
2025 Movie
7.2
A Touch of Sin
Director
2013 Movie
7.1
Mr. Tree
Executive Producer
2011 Movie
6.0
Memoria
Co-Producer
2021 Movie
7.2
The Lychee Road
as Zhong Shu Official
2025 Movie
Still Born
Producer
2017 Movie
4.1
The Sun Rises on Us All
Thanks
2025 Movie
6.9
Ash Is Purest White
Director
2018 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Jia Zhangke.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Jia Zhangke.
8.0
Filipiñana
Executive Producer
2026 Movie
Heaven and Hell
Executive Producer
2025 Movie
4.1
The Sun Rises on Us All
Thanks
2025 Movie
3.8
Moonlight Madness
Presenter
2024 Movie
A River Without Tears
Executive Producer
2024 Movie
6.1
The Best is Yet to Come
Producer
2023 Movie
Home
Executive Producer
2022 Movie
6.3
White Building
Co-Producer
2021 Movie
6.0
Memoria
Co-Producer
2021 Movie
1.7
Tomorrow Will Be Fine
Executive Producer
2021 Movie
6.8
Tracing Her Shadow
Executive Producer
2021 Movie
A Song for You
Producer
2020 Movie
5.1
Visit
Writer
2020 Movie
5.8
The Calming
Producer
2020 Movie
4.5
Neighbors
Producer
2019 Movie
5.0
Number One
Supervising Producer
2019 Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Jia Zhangke.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Jia Zhangke.
4.0
Mostly Sunny
as Dr. Cai
2025 Movie
7.2
The Lychee Road
as Zhong Shu Official
2025 Movie
6.3
Art College 1994
as Gu Yongqing (voice)
2025 Movie
3.8
Moonlight Madness
as Guest in room 622
2024 Movie
7.2
Black Dog
as Uncle Yao
2024 Movie
6.1
The Best is Yet to Come
as Coal Mine Owner
2023 Movie
6.0
The Great Director
2021 Movie
7.0
Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue
as Self
2021 Movie
8.0
Keep Rolling
2020 Movie
7.5
Citizen Kitano
as Self
2020 Movie
5.1
Visit
2020 Movie
6.9
Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang
as Self
2016 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Jia Zhangke.