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Ai Weiwei is a Chinese contemporary artist and activist. His father's original surname was written Jiang (蔣). Ai collaborated with architects Herzog & de Meuron as consultant on the Beijing National Stadium for the 2008 Summer Olympics. 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 "tofu-dreg schools" in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. In 2011, following his arrest at Beijing Capital International Airport on 3 April, he was held for 81 days without charge; officials alluded to allegations of "economic crimes".
Born
Wednesday, 28 August 1957
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War | 2022 | |
Ithaka | 2021 | |
Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly | Self | 2020 |
Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art | Self - Artist, Classmate of Pei-Shen Qian | 2020 |
Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies | 2019 | |
The Rest | 2019 | |
Peston | Self - Artist & Activist | 2018 |
Why Are We Creative: The Centipede's Dilemma | Himself / Self | 2018 |
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | Self | 2018 |
The Price of Everything | Self | 2018 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War | 2022 | |
Ithaka | 2021 | |
Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly | Self | 2020 |
Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art | Self - Artist, Classmate of Pei-Shen Qian | 2020 |
Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies | 2019 | |
The Rest | 2019 | |
Peston | Self - Artist & Activist | 2018 |
Why Are We Creative: The Centipede's Dilemma | Himself / Self | 2018 |
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | Self | 2018 |
The Price of Everything | Self | 2018 |
Human Flow | Self | 2017 |
The Chinese Lives of Uli Sigg | Self | 2017 |
Reset: The Documentary | Self | 2016 |
Celebrity Conversations | Self | 2015 |
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema | Self | 2015 |
Artsnight | Self | 2015 |
The Sand Storm | 2014 | |
Cartoonists: Footsoldiers of Democracy? | Self - Chinese contemporary artist | 2014 |
Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case | 2013 | |
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry | Self / Self - Artist | 2012 |
Disturbing the Peace | Self | 2012 |
Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour | Self | 2010 |
Bird's Nest - Herzog & De Meuron in China | Self | 2008 |
Imagine | Self | 2003 |
Art in the Twenty-First Century | Self | 2001 |
China: The Wild East | Self | 1994 |
CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley | Self (as Ai Weiwei) | 1979 |
60 Minutes | Himself - Chinese Dissident (segment "Enemy of the State") / Himself - Chinese Dissident (segment "Enemy of the State") (as Ai Weiwei) / Himself - Chinese Dissident (segment "Enemy of the State") (archive footage) / Himself - Chinese Dissident (segment "Enemy of the State") (archive footage) (as Ai Weiwei) | 1968 |
Director Filmography
Title | Year |
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Rohingya | 2021 |
Coronation | 2020 |
The Rest | 2019 |
Human Flow | 2017 |
One Recluse | 2012 |
Fairytale | 2012 |
Disturbing the Peace | 2012 |
So Sorry | 2012 |
Ordos 100 | 2012 |
Beijing: The Third Ring | 2012 |
Beijing: The Second Ring | 2012 |
Chang'an Boulevard | 2012 |
Beijing 2003 | 2004 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Rohingya | 2021 |
Coronation | 2020 |
The Rest | 2019 |
Ximei | 2019 |
Human Flow | 2017 |
One Recluse | 2012 |
Fairytale | 2012 |
Disturbing the Peace | 2012 |
So Sorry | 2012 |
Ordos 100 | 2012 |
Beijing: The Third Ring | 2012 |
Beijing: The Second Ring | 2012 |
Chang'an Boulevard | 2012 |
Beijing 2003 | 2004 |