Jia Zhangke
Jia Zhangke ( Chinese 賈樟柯 / 贾樟柯 , Pinyin Jiǎ Zhāngkē ; born May 24, 1970 in Fenyang , Shanxi ) is a Chinese director .
Life
Jia first studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Taiyuan . In 1991 he published his first novel . Later he transferred to the Film Academy in Beijing , where he called a group of experimental film to life, which is considered the first independent production facility for movies in China. His five feature films to date, which are classified as Chinese underground films, have received awards at various international film festivals. Sun won in 1998 his debut film Xiao Wu in the framework of the Berlinale awarded NETPAC Award and the Wolfgang Staudte Award . In 2000 his film Zhantai competed for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival . Also in 2004 the film Shijie . Finally, in 2006, Jia was awarded the Golden Lion for Still Life . In 2007 he won the Orizzonti Doc Prize for the documentary Wuyong in Venice. In 2008 he was represented with the feature film 24 City in the competition at the 61st Cannes Film Festival , where it competed unsuccessfully for the Palme d' Or.
Jia Zhangke's films are characterized by an emphatic realism . He finds his subjects in the daily life of the semi-urban zones of China, where he brings the flipside of what the official Chinese cinema creates on the screen. His work is very popular in Europe, while he is largely unknown to the general public in his homeland.
In 2011 he was appointed jury president of the official Orizzonti section at the 68th Venice International Film Festival .
Jia has been married to Chinese actress Zhao Tao , who starred in several of his films, since 2012 .
In 2013 he received his third invitation to compete at the Cannes International Film Festival for Tian zhu ding . Using four people in four different provinces, the film documents the increasing violence that economic success brings with it in contemporary China.
In 2018 he was appointed jury president for the international competition at the Locarno Festival .
Filmography (selection)
- 1995: Xiao Shan Going Home, Xiaoshan Huijia
- 1997: Pick Pocket, Xiao Wu ( 小武 )
- 2000: Platform ( 站台 , Zhantai )
- 2001: In Public, Gong Gong Chang Suo (short film)
- 2002: Unknown Pleasures ( 任 逍遙 , Ren xiao yao )
- 2004: World Park Beijing ( 世界 , Shijie )
- 2006: Still Life ( Sān Xiá hǎorén )
- 2006: Dong
- 2007: Useless, Wuyong ( 无用 , wúyòng )
- 2007: Our ten years, Women de shi nian (short film)
- 2008: 24 City ( 二十 四 城 , Er shi si cheng ji )
- 2008: Rememberance, Shinian (short film)
- 2008: Cry me a river, Heshang aiqing (short film)
- 2010: I wish I knew, Hai shang chuan qi
- 2013: A Touch of Sin, Tian zhu ding
- 2015: Mountains May Depart, Shan he gu ren
- 2018: ash is pure white ( 江湖 兒女 / 江湖 儿女 , jiāng hú ér nǚ )
See also
Web links
- Jia Zhangke in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Portrait at Senses of Cinema
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tao Zhao. In: imdb.com. IMDb.com, Inc., accessed March 17, 2019 .
- ↑ Film profile at festival-cannes.fr (English; accessed on May 17, 2013).
- ^ Locarno Festival: Concorso internazionale jury . Retrieved July 11, 2018.
- ↑ Kleine Zeitung: Knights for the leopards at the Locarno Film Festival . Article dated July 11, 2018, accessed July 11, 2018.
- ↑ The hard blade of poverty in FAZ of May 18, 2013, page 34
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jia Zhangke |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jia Zhang-Ke |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chinese director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 24, 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fenyang , Shanxi , People's Republic of China |