Ai Weiwei
Known for: Directing
Born: August 28, 1957
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
67 movies · 8 TV shows, newest first
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Ai Weiwei: Sewing a Button
2026NR
ALLEN & AI
2026
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Ai Weiwei's Turandot
2025NR
Animality
2025NR
8507days
2025
6.8
The Trainer
20247.0
Free to Create - Artists in Exile
2024
8.5
Clockwork Orange: The Prophecy
2023
7.4
Laogai: Prison Nation - Inside China's Ruling System
2023
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Rohingya
2022
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Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
2022
8.5
Ithaka
2022NR
Opera di Roma: Turandot
2022
2.0
Aux arts et cætera
2022
7.0
Cockroach
2020
6.6
CoroNation
2020
5.5
Vivos
2020
6.5
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
2019
6.6
Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies
2019
8.8
Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly
2019
5.0
The Rest
2019
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Ximei
2019
7.5
Why Are We Creative?
2018
8.0
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
2018NR
Shouting Out
2018
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Ai Weiwei en Buenos Aires
2018
6.9
Human Flow
2017
5.7
The Chinese Lives of Uli Sigg
2017
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Ai Weiwei Drifting
2017
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江天勇律师
2017
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Heaven and Earth
2016
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Fukushima Art Project
2015
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Straight
2015NR
Artsnight
2015
7.1
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
2014
6.0
Ai Weiwei - Evidence
2014
5.0
The Sand Storm
2014
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You Know What I Mean
2014
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Ai Weiwei's Appeal ¥15,220,910.50
2014
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Play of the Play
2014
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Stay Home
2013
5.0
Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case
2013
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Wenchuan Rebar
2013
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Ping'an Yueqing
2013NR
Remembrance
2012
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4851
2012
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Discard the Old Path of Closed Doors and Rigidity and Reject Evil Attempts to Change the Party's Banner
2012
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The Mala Desert
2012
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The Crab House
2012
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KUN 13: Criticizing Ai Weiwei and Wu Haohao
2012
7.1
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
2012NR
So Sorry
2012
5.0
Ordos 100
2012
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Chang'an Boulevard
2012
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Beijing: The Third Ring
2012
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Beijing: The Second Ring
2012
8.0
Hormone
2011NR
Who's Afraid of Ai Wei Wei?
2011
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Flower Good Moon Round
2011
6.5
Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour
2010
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Ai Weiwei: Sunflower Seeds
2010
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Jingmei Wang
2010
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Sanhua
2010
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A Beautiful Life
2010
7.0
One Recluse
2010
6.5
Disturbing the Peace
2009
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Little Girl's Cheeks
2009
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冯正虎回家
2009
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Fairytale
2007
6.0
Kulturplatz
20041.5
Beijing 2003
2004
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Eat, Drink and Be Merry
2003
6.4
The Daily Show
1996
5.3
Morgenmagazin
1992
9.0
Bambi
1948