Ai Weiwei
Directing
1957-08-28 · Beijing, China
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.
Filmography
Ai Weiwei: Sewing a Button
2026 · Movie
ALLEN & AI
2026 · Movie
Ai Weiwei's Turandot
2025 · Movie
Animality
2025 · Movie
8507days
2025 · Movie
The Trainer
2024 · Movie
Free to Create - Artists in Exile
2024 · Movie
Clockwork Orange: The Prophecy
2023 · Movie
Laogai: Prison Nation - Inside China's Ruling System
2023 · Series
Rohingya
2022 · Movie
Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
2022 · Movie
Ithaka
2022 · Movie
Opera di Roma: Turandot
2022 · Movie
Aux arts et cætera
2022 · Series
Cockroach
2020 · Movie
CoroNation
2020 · Movie
Vivos
2020 · Movie
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
2019 · Movie
Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies
2019 · Movie
Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly
2019 · Movie
The Rest
2019 · Movie
Ximei
2019 · Movie
Why Are We Creative?
2018 · Movie
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
2018 · Series
Shouting Out
2018 · Movie
Ai Weiwei en Buenos Aires
2018 · Movie
Human Flow
2017 · Movie
The Chinese Lives of Uli Sigg
2017 · Movie
Ai Weiwei Drifting
2017 · Movie
江天勇律师
2017 · Movie
Heaven and Earth
2016 · Movie
Fukushima Art Project
2015 · Movie
Straight
2015 · Movie
Artsnight
2015 · Series
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
2014 · Movie
Ai Weiwei - Evidence
2014 · Movie
The Sand Storm
2014 · Movie
You Know What I Mean
2014 · Movie
Ai Weiwei's Appeal ¥15,220,910.50
2014 · Movie
Play of the Play
2014 · Movie
Stay Home
2013 · Movie
Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case
2013 · Movie
Wenchuan Rebar
2013 · Movie
Ping'an Yueqing
2013 · Movie
Remembrance
2012 · Movie
4851
2012 · Movie
Discard the Old Path of Closed Doors and Rigidity and Reject Evil Attempts to Change the Party's Banner
2012 · Movie
The Crab House
2012 · Movie
The Mala Desert
2012 · Movie
KUN 13: Criticizing Ai Weiwei and Wu Haohao
2012 · Movie
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
2012 · Movie
Ordos 100
2012 · Movie
So Sorry
2012 · Movie
Chang'an Boulevard
2012 · Movie
Beijing: The Second Ring
2012 · Movie
Beijing: The Third Ring
2012 · Movie
Hormone
2011 · Movie
Who's Afraid of Ai Wei Wei?
2011 · Movie
Flower Good Moon Round
2011 · Movie
Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour
2010 · Movie
Ai Weiwei: Sunflower Seeds
2010 · Movie
Jingmei Wang
2010 · Movie
Sanhua
2010 · Movie
A Beautiful Life
2010 · Movie
One Recluse
2010 · Movie
Disturbing the Peace
2009 · Movie
Little Girl's Cheeks
2009 · Movie
冯正虎回家
2009 · Movie
Fairytale
2007 · Movie
Kulturplatz
2004 · Series
Beijing 2003
2004 · Movie
Eat, Drink and Be Merry
2003 · Movie
The Daily Show
1996 · Series
Morgenmagazin
1992 · Series
Bambi
1948 · Series