Xiao Wu
Artisan Pickpocket

Hongwei Wang
Xiao Wu | Artisan Pickpocket by Jia Zhang-ke
CHN 1998, On Transmission
© TOP CLEVER

Hongwei Wang
Xiao Wu | Artisan Pickpocket by Jia Zhang-ke
CHN 1998, On Transmission
© TOP CLEVER
With
- Wang Hongwei (Xiao Wu)
- Zuo Baitao (Mei Mei)
- Hao Hongjian (Xiao Yong)
Crew
Written and Directed by | Jia Zhang-ke |
Cinematography | Yu Lik-Wai |
Editing | Lin Xiaoling |
Sound Design | Lin Xiaoling |
Sound | Zhang Yang |
Production Design | Liang Jingdong |
Assistant Director | Gu Zheng |
Production Manager | Wang Hongwei |
Producers | Li Kit Ming, Jia Zhang-ke |
World sales
Produced by
Top Clever

Huo Meng, Jia Zhang-ke, Jacob Wong
The film talk was well-attended.
Xiao Wu · Guo Zhao Guan · On Transmission · Feb 24, 2020

Huo Meng, Jia Zhang-ke, Jacob Wong
The conversation between the two directors (left and middle).
Xiao Wu · Guo Zhao Guan · On Transmission · Feb 24, 2020

Huo Meng, Jia Zhang-ke, Jacob Wong
The two directors with the moderator (right).
Xiao Wu · Guo Zhao Guan · On Transmission · Feb 24, 2020

Huo Meng, Jia Zhang-ke
Greeting at the Akademie der Künste.
Xiao Wu · Guo Zhao Guan · On Transmission · Feb 24, 2020

Huo Meng, Jia Zhang-ke
The two directors shortly before the film talk starts.
Xiao Wu · Guo Zhao Guan · On Transmission · Feb 24, 2020
Jia Zhang-ke

Born in Fenyang, China in 1970, he graduated from the Beijing Film Academy. His debut feature film, Xiao Wu, screened in the Berlinale Forum in 1998. Since then, his films have regularly premiered at major European festivals. Still Life won the Golden Lion at Venice in 2006, A Touch Of Sin received the award for Best Screenplay at Cannes in 2013, and Mountains May Depart and Ash Is Purest White featured in competition at Cannes in 2015 and 2018, respectively.
Filmography
1998 Xiao Wu 2000 Platform 2001 In Public; Documentary 2002 Unknown Pleasures 2004 The World 2006 Dong; Documentary · Still Life 2007 Useless; Documentary 2008 24 City 2010 I Wish I Knew; Documentary 2013 A Touch of Sin 2015 Mountains May Depart 2018 Ash Is Purest White 2020 Yi zhi you dao hai shui bian lan; Documentary
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2020