Known For
Directing
Born
Aug 28, 1957
Place of Birth
Beijing, China
Credits
73 titles
Ai Weiwei
Biography
Ai Weiwei is a Chinese contemporary artist and activist. Ai grew up in the far north-west of China, where he lived under harsh conditions due to his father's exile. As an activist, he has been openly critical of the Chinese Government's stance on democracy and human rights. He investigated government corruption and cover-ups, in particular the Sichuan schools corruption scandal following the collapse of schools in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. In 2011, Ai Weiwei was arrested at Beijing Capital International Airport on 3 April, for allegedly economic crimes. He was detained for 81 days without charge. Ai Weiwei emerged as a vital instigator in Chinese cultural development, an architect of Chinese modernism, and one of the nation's most vocal political commentators. Ai Weiwei encapsulates political conviction and his personal poetry in his many sculptures, photographs and public works. In doing this, he makes use of Chinese art forms to display the Chinese political and social issues. After being allowed to leave China in 2015, he has lived in Berlin, Germany, and, since 2019, in Cambridge, UK, with his family, working and traveling internationally.
Known For
Filmography
Ai Weiwei: Sewing a Button
Self
Ai Weiwei's Turandot
Self
Animality
Director
The Trainer
Ai Weiwei
Free to Create - Artists in Exile
Himself
Clockwork Orange: The Prophecy
Himself
Laogai: Prison Nation - Inside China's Ruling System
Self - Interviewee
Rohingya
Producer
Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
Ithaka
Self
Opera di Roma: Turandot
Director
Aux arts et cætera
Self
Cockroach
Director
CoroNation
Producer
Vivos
Director
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
Self
Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies
Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly
Self
The Rest
Ximei
Executive Producer
Why Are We Creative?
Self
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
Shouting Out
Director
Ai Weiwei en Buenos Aires
Himself
Human Flow
Producer
The Chinese Lives of Uli Sigg
Ai Weiwei Drifting
Self
江天勇律师
Director
Heaven and Earth
Producer
Fukushima Art Project
Director
Straight
Director
Artsnight
Self
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
Self
Ai Weiwei - Evidence
Himself
The Sand Storm
You Know What I Mean
Director
Ai Weiwei's Appeal ¥15,220,910.50
Self
Play of the Play
Director
Stay Home
Director
Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case
Wenchuan Rebar
Director
Ping'an Yueqing
Producer
Remembrance
Director
4851
Director
Discard the Old Path of Closed Doors and Rigidity and Reject Evil Attempts to Change the Party's Banner
Director
The Crab House
Director
The Mala Desert
Producer
KUN 13: Criticizing Ai Weiwei and Wu Haohao
Himself
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Self - Artist
Ordos 100
Producer