Trivia

Considered a leading figure of the "Sixth Generation" of Chinese directors.

During a press conference at the 61st Cannes Film Festival for 24 City (2008), Zhang Ke Jia, Joan Chen and Tao Zhao observed a minute of silence in memory of the victims of the 2008 devastating earthquake in China. The film was shot in Chengdu, in Sichuan province where the earthquake struck.

Member of the jury of BigScreen Italia Film Festival 2006, Kunming, Yunnan, China

As his grandfather had worked as a surgeon in Europe, the family was sent to Fenyang, a small rural town in the Shanxi province, where he was born.

Graduate, Beijing Film Academy, Dept. of Literature.

In September, 2015, Bridge21 Publications released "Jia Zhangke Speaks Out," a 350-page collection of commentaries and interviews by the director previously unavailable in English.

Member of the 'Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' (AMPAS) since 2016.