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THE WORLD: About the Filmmaker Jia Zhang-ke Chinese director Jia Zhang-ke turns to Beijing city life in THE WORLD, after confronting urbanization in Northern China in his first three features, UNKNOWN PLEASURES, PLATFORM and XIAO WU (PICKPOCKET). Jia Zhang-ke was born in 1970 in Fenyang, a small town in the northern province of Shanxi. Fenyang, a one-hour drive from China’s famous Yellow River. At the age of 18, Jia Zhang-ke studied painting in Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi province. He developed an interest in fiction, and wrote his first novel, “The Sun Hung On The Crotch,” in 1991. Two years later, he was admitted to the Beijing Film Academy. In 1995, he founded the Youth Experimental Film Group, the first independent production organization of its kind in China. With the group, he directed two award-winning videos, XIAO SHAN (GOING HOME ) and DU DU. Upon film school graduation in 1997, he made his first feature, XIAO WU (PICKPOCKET). Filmography 1997 XIAO WU (PICKPOCKET) 2000 PLATFORM 2002 UNKNOWN PLEASURES 2004 THE WORLD