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Jia Zhangke
Directing
24 May 1970 (55 years)
Fenyang, Shanxi, China
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 ...
Also Known As
贾樟柯, Zhang Ke Jia, Jia Zhang-Ke, 지아장커, Цзя Чжанкэ


































