Jia Zhangke | |
|---|---|
贾樟柯 | |
 Jia in 2008 | |
| Born | 24 May 1970 |
| Citizenship | China |
| Education | Beijing Film Academy |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, film producer |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Notable work | A Touch of Sin Ash Is Purest White Still Life Mountains May Depart |
| Style | |
| Movement | Sixth Generation |
| Spouses | |
| Awards | Venice Film Festival – Golden Lion 2006 Still Life Asian Film Awards – Best Director 2006 Still Life Asian Film Awards – Best Screenplay 2015 Mountains May Depart Golden Horse Awards – Best Original Screenplay 2015 Mountains May Depart |
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. He is the founder of Pingyao International Film Festival,[4] dean of the Shanxi Film Academy of Shanxi Media College and the dean of the Shanghai Vancouver Film School at Shanghai University.[5] 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.[6][7]
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.[8]
- ^ McGrath, Jason (2007). "The Independent Cinema of Jia Zhangke: From Postsocialist Realism to a Transnational Aesthetic". In Zhang, Zhen (ed.). The Urban Generation: Chinese Cinema and Society at the Turn of the Twenty-first Century,. Duke University Press. pp. 81–115
- ^ a b Thomas Moran (28 February 2018). "The Surreal Realist Cinema of Jia Zhangke" (PDF). University of Adelaide. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ James Balmont (27 July 2022). "A Brief Guide to Jia Zhangke, China's Master of Social Realist Film". Another Magazine.
- ^ Xu Fan (8 May 2024). "Pingyao film festival set to kick off in September". shanxi.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ "著名导演贾樟柯就任上海温哥华电影学院院长-上海大学" [Famous director Jia Zhangke appointed as the Dean of Shanghai Vancouver Film School]. Shanghai University. 29 August 2016. Archived from the original on 25 December 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ^ Lee, Kevin. "Jia Zhangke". Senses of Cinema. Archived from the original on 12 September 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2007.
- ^ "山西电影学院举行揭牌仪式贾樟柯出任院长_领导_传媒_毕赣". www.sohu.com. Retrieved 25 December 2022.[permanent dead link]
- ^ YASMIN VINCE (19 January 2024). "Jia Zhangke to be honoured at Visions du Reel 2024". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.