Ai Weiwei
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.
40 directing credits · 36 acting credits
Directing · 40
Human Flow
2017
CoroNation
2020
The Crab House
2012
Straight
2015
Wenchuan Rebar
2013
Vivos
2020
Cockroach
2020
Ordos 100
2012
Disturbing the Peace
2009
Little Girl's Cheeks
2009
Eat, Drink and Be Merry
2003
Sanhua
2010
Heaven and Earth
2016
Ping'an Yueqing
2013
4851
2012
Beijing 2003
2004
So Sorry
2012
Rohingya
2022
Fukushima Art Project
2015
Ai Weiwei's Appeal ¥15,220,910.50
2014
Flower Good Moon Round
2011
You Know What I Mean
2014
Beijing: The Third Ring
2012
One Recluse
2010
Beijing: The Second Ring
2012
The Rest
2019
Opera di Roma: Turandot
2022
A Beautiful Life
2010
Discard the Old Path of Closed Doors and Rigidity and Reject Evil Attempts to Change the Party's Banner
2012
Fairytale
2007
Play of the Play
2014
Animality
2025
The Mala Desert
2012
Chang'an Boulevard
2012
Remembrance
2012
Stay Home
2013
Jingmei Wang
2010
Shouting Out
2018
江天勇律师
2017
冯正虎回家
2009
Acting · 36
The Daily Show
1996
Morgenmagazin
1992
Bambi
1948
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
2018
Kulturplatz
2004
Artsnight
2015
Aux arts et cætera
2022
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
2014
Laogai: Prison Nation - Inside China's Ruling System
2023
The Trainer
2024
Why Are We Creative?
2018
Hormone
2011
Ithaka
2022
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
2012
Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies
2019
Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
2022
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
2019
KUN 13: Criticizing Ai Weiwei and Wu Haohao
2012
Ai Weiwei Drifting
2017
Disturbing the Peace
2009
Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly
2019
Little Girl's Cheeks
2009
Ai Weiwei - Evidence
2014
Eat, Drink and Be Merry
2003
Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case
2013
Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour
2010
The Sand Storm
2014
Clockwork Orange: The Prophecy
2023
Ai Weiwei's Appeal ¥15,220,910.50
2014
Ai Weiwei: Sunflower Seeds
2010
Ai Weiwei's Turandot
2025
Free to Create - Artists in Exile
2024
The Chinese Lives of Uli Sigg
2017
The Rest
2019
Who's Afraid of Ai Wei Wei?
2011
Ai Weiwei en Buenos Aires
2018