Ai Weiwei

ActorDirectorProducerCinematographerCrew Aug 28 (age 68) Beijing, China 1992–2025 (33 year career)

6.4 avg rating

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 In…

Known For

Film

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

Self - Artist

Film

Human Flow

Director

Film

Why Are We Creative?

Self

Film

Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

Self

Film

Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies

6.6 2019

Film

Ithaka

Self

Film

Clockwork Orange: The Prophecy

Himself

Film

Laogai: Prison Nation - Inside China's Ruling System

Self - Interviewee

Filmography

Acting (35)

Movies (27)

Ai Weiwei's Turandot

2025

as Self

The Trainer

2024

as Ai Weiwei

6.8

Free to Create - Artists in Exile

2024

as Himself

7.0

Clockwork Orange: The Prophecy

as Himself

Ithaka

as Self

Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War

2022

Vincent van Gogh Superstar

2019

as Self

6.5

Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly

2019

as Self

8.8

Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies

The Rest

Ai Weiwei en Buenos Aires

2018

as Himself

Why Are We Creative?

2018

as Self

7.6

Ai Weiwei Drifting

2017

as Self

The Chinese Lives of Uli Sigg

Ai Weiwei - Evidence

as Himself

Ai Weiwei's Appeal ¥15,220,910.50

2014

as Self

The Sand Storm

2014

5.0

Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

2014

as Self

7.2

Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case

2013

4.8

KUN 13: Criticizing Ai Weiwei and Wu Haohao

2012

as Himself

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

as Self - Artist

Hormone

Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour

2010

6.5

Ai Weiwei: Sunflower Seeds

2010

as Himself

Little Girl's Cheeks

2009

Disturbing the Peace

2009

as Self

6.5

Eat, Drink and Be Merry

2003

as Self

Television (8)

Laogai: Prison Nation - Inside China's Ruling System

2023

as Self - Interviewee

7.8

Aux arts et cætera

2022

as Self

2.0

Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

2018

7.5

Artsnight

2015

as Self

Kulturplatz

as Self

The Daily Show

as Self

Morgenmagazin

as Self

Bambi

as Self

Crew (47)

Movies (47)

Animality

2025

Director

Opera di Roma: Turandot

2022

Director

Rohingya

2022

Director

Rohingya

2022

Producer

Cockroach

Director

CoroNation

Director

CoroNation

Producer

Vivos

Director

Ximei

Executive Producer

The Rest

Director

The Rest

Producer

Shouting Out

Director

江天勇律师

2017

Director

Human Flow

2017

Director

6.9

Human Flow

2017

Director of Photography

Human Flow

Producer

Heaven and Earth

Director

Fukushima Art Project

2015

Director

Straight

2015

Director

Ai Weiwei's Appeal ¥15,220,910.50

2014

Producer

Play of the Play

2014

Director

You Know What I Mean

2014

Director

Stay Home

2013

Director

Ping'an Yueqing

2013

Producer

Wenchuan Rebar

2013

Director

Beijing: The Third Ring

2012

Director

Chang'an Boulevard

2012

Director

Beijing: The Second Ring

2012

Producer

Ordos 100

2012

Producer

5.0

The Crab House

2012

Director

Discard the Old Path of Closed Doors and Rigidity and Reject Evil Attempts to Change the Party's Banner

2012

Director

The Mala Desert

2012

Producer

Remembrance

2012

Director

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

2012

Thanks

7.1

4851

2012

Director

So Sorry

2012

Director

Flower Good Moon Round

2011

Director

One Recluse

2010

Editor

7.0

Jingmei Wang

2010

Director

Sanhua

2010

Director

A Beautiful Life

2010

Director

Little Girl's Cheeks

2009

Director

Disturbing the Peace

2009

Producer

6.5

冯正虎回家

2009

Director

Fairytale

2007

Director

Beijing 2003

2004

Cinematography

1.5

Eat, Drink and Be Merry

2003

Director