FILM DIRECTOR

Jia Zhangke

1970 - Today

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Jia Zhangke (Chinese: 贾樟柯; pinyin: Jiǎ Zhāngkē, born 24 May 1970) is a renowned Chinese-language film and television director, screenwriter, producer, actor and writer. He is the founder of Pingyao International Film Festival, dean of the Shanxi Film Academy of Shanxi Media College and the dean of the Shanghai Vancouver Film School at Shanghai University. He graduated from the Literature Department of Beijing Film Academy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jia Zhangke has received more than 658,599 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Jia Zhangke is the 1,151st most popular film director (down from 1,097th in 2019), the 927th most popular biography from China (down from 847th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Chinese Film Director.

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  • 660k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jia Zhangke ranks 1,151 out of 2,041. Before him are Radu Mihăileanu, Juan José Campanella, Jonathan Glazer, Rachid Bouchareb, E. A. Dupont, and William Castle. After him are María Luisa Bemberg, Pedro Costa, Daniel Mann, Robert Guédiguian, Georg Jacoby, and Arnaud Desplechin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Jia Zhangke ranks 167. Before him are Pedro Diniz, Skeet Ulrich, Nicola Sturgeon, Sam Lake, Ryu Seung-ryong, and Sarah Silverman. After him are Prince Carlos, Duke of Parma, Samantha Mathis, Marc Rosset, Abelardo Fernández, Michael Rapaport, and Jason Gray-Stanford.

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In China

Among people born in China, Jia Zhangke ranks 927 out of 1,610. Before him are Li Na (1982), Gu Chaohao (1926), Paul Yü Pin (1901), Liang Guanglie (1940), Hua Luogeng (1910), and Ji Pengfei (1910). After him are Ingrid Noll (1935), Wang Shimin (1592), Li Han-hsiang (1926), Jiang Rong (1946), Yang Zhongjian (1897), and Hui Liangyu (1944).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In China

Among film directors born in China, Jia Zhangke ranks 15. Before him are King Hu (1932), Ann Hui (1947), Xie Jin (1923), James Wong Howe (1899), Tian Zhuangzhuang (1952), and Cai Chusheng (1906). After him are Li Han-hsiang (1926), Feng Xiaogang (1958), Chloé Zhao (1982), Zhang Shichuan (1890), Lou Ye (1965), and Wang Xiaoshuai (1966).

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Filmography

A Touch of Sin
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Four independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence.
Oct 4o 20137.2 / 10
Ash Is Purest White
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Set in China's underworld, this tale of love and betrayal follows a dancer who fired a gun to protect her mobster boyfriend during a fight. On release from prison 5 years later, she sets out to find him.
Sep 21o 20186.862 / 10
Mountains May Depart
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The life of Tao, and those close to her, is explored in three different time periods: 1999, 2014, and 2025.
Oct 30o 20156.886 / 10