Jia Zhangke
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- Name: Jia Zhangke / Zhang Ke Jia
- Chinese: 贾樟柯
- Birthdate: May 27, 1970
- Birthplace: Fenyang, Shanxi, China
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Bio
Jia Zhang-ke was born in 1970 in Fenyang, a small town in the northern province of Shanxi. Fenyang, a one-hour drive from China’s famous Yellow River. At the age of 18, Jia Zhang-ke studied painting in Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi province. He developed an interest in fiction, and wrote his first novel, “ The Sun Hung On The Crotch,” in 1991. Two years later, he was admitted to the Beijing Film Academy. In 1995, he founded the Youth Experimental Film Group, the first independent production organization of its kind in China. With the group, he directed two award-winning videos, XIAO SHAN (GOING HOME ) and DU DU. Upon film school graduation in 1997, he made his first feature, XIAO WU (PICKPOCKET).
Director
- The Age of Tattoo | Ciqing shidai (2008)
- 24 City | Er shi si cheng ji (2008)
- Useless | Wuyong (2007)
- Dong (2006)
- Still Life | Sanxia haoren (2006)
- The World | Shijie (2004)
- Unknown Pleasures | Ren xiao yao (2002)
- In Public | Gong gong chang suo (2001)
- Platform | Zhantai (2000)
- Pickpocket | Xiao Wu (1997)
- Xiaoshan huijia (1995)
Writer
- The Age of Tattoo | Ciqing shidai (2008)
- 24 City | Er shi si cheng ji (2008)
- Dong (2006)
- Still Life | Sanxia haoren (2006)
- The World | Shijie (2004)
- Unknown Pleasures | Ren xiao yao (2002)
- In Public | Gong gong chang suo (2001)
- Platform | Zhantai (2000)
- Pickpocket | Xiao Wu (1997)
- Xiaoshan huijia (1995)
