Biography
Jia Zhangke is a Chinese filmmaker. Most known for his "Hometown Trilogy": Xiao Wu (1998), Platform (2000), and Unknown Pleasures (2002), who rose his career as an underground filmmaker to a leading figure of Chinese Cinema Sixth Generation. Jia's work is distinctive for his critical engagement with social issues concerning contemporary China, his intentional blurring of documentary and fiction film, and his attention to a realist aesthetic.
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Awards & recognition
- Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize · 2018
- Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize · 2017
- Carrosse d'or · 2015
- Best Screenplay Award · 2013
- Golden Lion · 2006
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- L'Age d'Or · 1998
- Asian Film Award — Best Director
- Prince Claus Award
Filmography22 titles
The Hedonists
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
A Touch of Sin
Still Life
Pickpocket
Black Dog
Platform
24 City
The World
Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue
Ash Is Purest White
Mountains May Depart
Caught by the Tides
Dead Pigs
I Wish I Knew
Black Coal, Thin Ice
Unknown Pleasures
White Building
Filipiñana
Xiao Shan Going Home
Everybody's Fine
Plastic City