Film director whose films about ordinary lives in a fast-changing China, many set in his home province of Shanxi, include 小武, 站台 and 三峡好人, winner of the 2006 Golden Lion at Venice.
I particularly like Jia Zhangke's 'Mountains May Depart'.
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Film fans nickname him 贾科长, 'Section Chief Jia', a petty official's title that echoes his given name 樟柯. His first three films, the 'hometown trilogy', were made without state permits and could not be shown in mainland cinemas.
