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.
Considered a leading figure of the "Sixth Generation" of Chinese directors.
During a press conference at the 61st Cannes Film Festival for Er shi si cheng ji (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.
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