Jia Zhangke (born 24 May 1970) is a Chinese film director and
screenwriter. 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.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. NPR critic John Powers praised
him as "(perhaps) the most important filmmaker working in the world
today."
screenwriter. 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.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. NPR critic John Powers praised
him as "(perhaps) the most important filmmaker working in the world
today."
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