Wang Bingborn 1967

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Director

Popularity

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Famous

Biography

Wang Bing (Chinese: 王兵; pinyin: Wáng Bīng; born 16 November, 1967; Xi'an) is a Chinese documentary director, often referred to as one of the foremost figures in documentary film-making. Wang is the founder of his own production company, Wang Bing Studios, which produces most of his films. His movie on Chinese labour camps, "The Ditch", was included in the 2010 Venice Film Festival as the film sorpresa. He began his career as an independent filmmaker in 1999. Discovered in 2003, "West of Tracks", an enormous documentary work of more than 9 hours, has garnered great success internationally. In addition to his feature documentaries, he is also active in video installation, fiction film and photography. His movie on Chinese labour camps, "The Ditch", was included in the 67th Venice Film Festival (2010) as the film sorpresa. His movie "Youth (Spring)" was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival (2023). Tie Xi Qu, Wang's 9 hour epic documentary of industrial China, was considered a major success. Tie Xi Qu went on to win the Grand Prix at the Marseille Festival of Documentary Film and was shown for the first time in Spain at the Punto de Vista International Documentary Film Festival. Wang's film Fengming, a Chinese Memoir, premiered at both Cannes and Toronto in 2007. Crude Oil premiered at the 2008 Rotterdam Film Festival. Since then, his films became a staple at every prestigious international film festival. 2017's Mrs. Fang was awarded the Golden Leopard at the 70th Locarno Festival. French philosopher Georges Didi-Huberman dedicated a long epilogue to Wang Bing in his 2012 book, Peuples exposés, peuples figurants. He reflects on the social fate of images thoroughly analyzing Wang's 2010 Man with No Name, writing that the director, as a humble portrait artist of a single rural worker, manages to represent the whole of China's people (as well as people from all over the World) "not through his past, nor his ideas, nor his name, nor his place in society, but through the simple gestures with which he works at his solitary life", as opposed to the common epic portraits of national identity based on military prowess, war heroes and manifest destinies.

Credits

Youth (Homecoming)
Youth (Homecoming)

2025

Documentary

Director, Writer

0.3
Youth (Hard Times)
Youth (Hard Times)

2025

Documentary

Director

7.5
0.1
Youth (Spring)
Youth (Spring)

2023

Documentary

Director

7.1
0.7
Man in Black
Man in Black

2023

Documentary

Director

7.4
0.2
Dead Souls
Dead Souls

2018

Documentary

Director, Sound, Director of Photography, Writer

7.3
0.6
Beauty Lives in Freedom
Beauty Lives in Freedom

2018

Documentary

Director of Photography, Director

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Mrs. Fang
Mrs. Fang

2018

Documentary

Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Sound, Screenplay

5.2
0.2
Bitter Money
Bitter Money

2018

Documentary

Director, Editor

5.8
0.2
15 Hours
15 Hours

2017

Documentary

Director

0.2
Ta'ang
Ta'ang

2016

Documentary

Director, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography

5.6
0.3
Father and Sons
Father and Sons

2014

Documentary

Editor, Director, Director of Photography

6.2
0.1
'Til Madness Do Us Part
'Til Madness Do Us Part

2014

Documentary

Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer

7
0.4
Traces
Traces

2014

Documentary

Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer

6
0
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Venice 70: Future Reloaded

2013

Documentary • Drama

Director

5.2
0.3
Alone
Alone

2013

Documentary

Director, Director of Photography

5.8
0.1
Three Sisters
Three Sisters

2012

Documentary

Director, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography

7.4
0.2
The Ditch
The Ditch

2011

Drama

Director, Screenplay, Producer

7.1
0.3
The Ways of the World: Vol. 1
The Ways of the World: Vol. 1

2010

Documentary

Director, Writer

0
Man With No Name
Man With No Name

2010

Documentary

Director, Producer, Cinematography

6.1
0.1
Tiananmen
Tiananmen

2009

Drama • History

Writer

0.1
Happy Valley
Happy Valley

2009

Documentary

Director

4
0.1
Coal Money
Coal Money

2009

Documentary

Director, Cinematography

6.5
0.4
Crude Oil
Crude Oil

2008

Documentary

Director, Producer, Director of Photography

7.2
0.1
The State of the World
The State of the World

2007

Documentary • Drama

Director

5.3
0.2
Brutality Factory
Brutality Factory

2007

Drama

Screenplay, Director

0.1
Fengming: A Chinese Memoir
Fengming: A Chinese Memoir

2007

Documentary

Director, Director of Photography

7.7
0.2
Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks
Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks

2003

Documentary

Director of Photography, Director, Producer, Editor

7.7
0.7
I Come From Ikotun
I Come From Ikotun

Documentary

Director

0.1
1966, My Time in the Red Guards
1966, My Time in the Red Guards

1993

Documentary

Research Assistant

5
0.4

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