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Ai Weiwei
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…
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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
Movies and shows, newest first
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2026
Ai Weiwei: Sewing a Button
Movie Self
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2026
ALLEN & AI
Movie
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2025
Ai Weiwei's Turandot
Movie Self
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2025
Animality
Movie Director
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2025
8507days
Movie Director
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2024
The Trainer
Movie Ai Weiwei
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2024
Free to Create - Artists in Exile
Movie Himself
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2023
Clockwork Orange: The Prophecy
Movie Himself
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2023
Laogai: Prison Nation - Inside China's Ruling System
TV show Self - Interviewee
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2022
Rohingya
Movie Director
- 2022
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2022
Ithaka
Movie Self
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2022
Opera di Roma: Turandot
Movie Director
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2022
Aux arts et cætera
TV show Self
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2020
Cockroach
Movie Director
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2020
CoroNation
Movie Producer
More credits
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2020
Vivos
Movie Director
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2019
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
Movie Self
- 2019
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2019
Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly
Movie Self
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2019
The Rest
Movie
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2019
Ximei
Movie Executive Producer
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2018
Why Are We Creative?
Movie Self
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2018
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
TV show
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2018
Shouting Out
Movie Director
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2018
Ai Weiwei en Buenos Aires
Movie Himself
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2017
Human Flow
Movie Producer
- 2017
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2017
Ai Weiwei Drifting
Movie Self
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2017
江天勇律师
Movie Director
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2016
Heaven and Earth
Movie Producer
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2015
Fukushima Art Project
Movie Director
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2015
Straight
Movie Director
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2015
Artsnight
TV show Self
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2014
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
Movie Self
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2014
Ai Weiwei - Evidence
Movie Himself
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2014
The Sand Storm
Movie
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2014
You Know What I Mean
Movie Director
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2014
Ai Weiwei's Appeal ¥15,220,910.50
Movie Self
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2014
Play of the Play
Movie Director
