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Ai Weiwei

Ai Weiwei

Director · Born 1957-08-28 · Beijing, China

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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.

Directed

  1. Human Flow (2017) — Director
  2. CoroNation (2020) — Director
  3. Disturbing the Peace (2009) — Director
  4. One Recluse (2010) — Director
  5. Beijing 2003 (2004) — Director
  6. The Rest (2019) — Director
  7. Vivos (2020) — Director
  8. Cockroach (2020) — Director
  9. Ordos 100 (2012) — Director
  10. Little Girl's Cheeks (2009) — Director
  11. So Sorry (2012) — Director
  12. Chang'an Boulevard (2012) — Director
  13. Beijing: The Third Ring (2012) — Director
  14. Beijing: The Second Ring (2012) — Director
  15. Fairytale (2007) — Director
  16. Rohingya (2022) — Director
  17. The Mala Desert (2012) — Director
  18. The Crab House (2012) — Director
  19. A Beautiful Life (2010) — Director
  20. Stay Home (2013) — Director
  21. Sanhua (2010) — Director
  22. Opera di Roma: Turandot (2022) — Director
  23. 冯正虎回家 (2009) — Director
  24. 4851 (2012) — Director
  25. Heaven and Earth (2016) — Director
  26. Play of the Play (2014) — Director
  27. Straight (2015) — Director
  28. You Know What I Mean (2014) — Director
  29. Discard the Old Path of Closed Doors and Rigidity and Reject Evil Attempts to Change the Party's Banner (2012) — Director
  30. Eat, Drink and Be Merry (2003) — Director
  31. Fukushima Art Project (2015) — Director
  32. Wenchuan Rebar (2013) — Director
  33. Ping'an Yueqing (2013) — Director
  34. Jingmei Wang (2010) — Director
  35. Ai Weiwei's Appeal ¥15,220,910.50 (2014) — Director
  36. Flower Good Moon Round (2011) — Director
  37. 江天勇律师 (2017) — Director
  38. Animality (2025) — Director
  39. Remembrance (2012) — Director
  40. Shouting Out (2018) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. The Daily Show (1996) — Self
  2. Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012) — Self - Artist
  3. Why Are We Creative? (2018) — Self
  4. Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema (2014) — Self
  5. Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies (2019)
  6. Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case (2013)
  7. Ithaka (2022) — Self
  8. Laogai: Prison Nation - Inside China's Ruling System (2023) — Self - Interviewee
  9. Clockwork Orange: The Prophecy (2023) — Himself
  10. The Trainer (2024) — Ai Weiwei
  11. Disturbing the Peace (2009) — Self
  12. The Sand Storm (2014)
  13. The Chinese Lives of Uli Sigg (2017)
  14. Firing Line with Margaret Hoover (2018)
  15. Morgenmagazin (1992) — Self
  16. Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour (2010)
  17. The Rest (2019)
  18. Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly (2019) — Self
  19. Vincent van Gogh Superstar (2019) — Self
  20. Free to Create - Artists in Exile (2024) — Himself
  21. Hormone (2011)
  22. Ai Weiwei - Evidence (2014) — Himself
  23. Bambi (1948) — Self
  24. Aux arts et cætera (2022) — Self
  25. Kulturplatz (2004) — Self
  26. Ai Weiwei Drifting (2017) — Self
  27. Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War (2022)
  28. Ai Weiwei's Appeal ¥15,220,910.50 (2014) — Self
  29. KUN 13: Criticizing Ai Weiwei and Wu Haohao (2012) — Himself
  30. Ai Weiwei en Buenos Aires (2018) — Himself
  31. Little Girl's Cheeks (2009)
  32. Eat, Drink and Be Merry (2003) — Self
  33. Ai Weiwei: Sunflower Seeds (2010) — Himself
  34. Ai Weiwei's Turandot (2025) — Self
  35. Who's Afraid of Ai Wei Wei? (2011)
  36. Ai Weiwei: Sewing a Button (2026) — Self
  37. Artsnight (2015) — Self