Wang Bing

Biography

Wang Bing (Chinese: 王兵; pinyin: Wáng Bīng; born 16 November, 1967; Xi'an) is a Chinese documentary director, often referred to as one of the foremost figures in documentary film-making. Wang is the founder of his own production company, Wang Bing Studios, which produces most of his films. He began his career as an independent filmmaker in 1999. Discovered in 2003, "West of Tracks", an enormous documentary work of more than 9 hours, has garnered great success internationally. In addition to his feature documentaries, he is also active in video installation, fiction film and photography. His movie on Chinese labour camps, "The Ditch", was included in the 67th Venice Film Festival (2010) as the film sorpresa. His movie "Youth (Spring)" was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival (2023). Tie Xi Qu, Wang's 9 hour epic documentary of industrial China, was considered a major success. Tie Xi Qu went on to win the Grand Prix at the Marseille Festival of Documentary Film and was shown for the first time in Spain at the Punto de Vista International Documentary Film Festival. Wang's film Fengming, a Chinese Memoir, premiered at both Cannes and Toronto in 2007. …

Directed

1. Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks (2004) — Director
2. The Ditch (2011) — Director
3. 'Til Madness Do Us Part (2014) — Director
4. Dead Souls (2018) — Director
5. Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013) — Director
6. Three Sisters (2012) — Director
7. Fengming: A Chinese Memoir (2007) — Director
8. Man With No Name (2010) — Director
9. Youth (Spring) (2023) — Director
10. The State of the World (2007) — Director
11. Bitter Money (2018) — Director
12. Mrs. Fang (2018) — Director
13. Ta'ang (2016) — Director
14. Man in Black (2023) — Director
15. Coal Money (2009) — Director
16. Crude Oil (2008) — Director
17. Father and Sons (2014) — Director
18. Cinematic Correspondences: Jaime Rosales - Wang Bing (2009) — Director
19. Alone (2013) — Director
20. Youth (Hard Times) (2025) — Director
21. Youth (Homecoming) (2025) — Director
22. Traces (2014) — Director
23. Happy Valley (2009) — Director
24. Beauty Lives in Freedom (2018) — Director
25. 15 Hours (2017) — Director
26. The Ways of the World: Vol. 1 (2010) — Director
27. Brutality Factory (2007) — Director
28. I Come From Ikotun — Director
29. Tiexi District (2003) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema (2014) — Self
2. Cinematic Correspondences: Jaime Rosales - Wang Bing (2009) — Self
3. Night and Fog in Zona (2018) — Self
4. Uno sguardo alla Terra (2018)
5. Portrait Wang Bing (2017) — self
6. Wang Bing, Tendre Cinéaste Du Chaos Chinois (2019) — Himself