Ai Weiwei

Ai Weiwei

second unit director or assistant director, director, producer

Ai Weiwei was born on Aug 28, 1957 in China. Ai Weiwei's big-screen debut came with Human Flow directed by Ai Weiwei in 2017. Ai Weiwei is known for Human Flow directed by Ai Weiwei, Israa Abboud stars as Self and Hiba Abed as Self. Ai Weiwei has got 9 awards and 21 nominations so far. The most recent award Ai Weiwei achieved is Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Ai Weiwei plays is Ximei which will be released on Sep 03, 2019.

Ai Weiwei is renowned for making strong aesthetic statements that resonate with timely phenomena across today's geopolitical world. From architecture to installations, social media to documentaries, Ai uses a wide range of mediums as expressions of new ways for his audiences to examine society and its values. Recent exhibitions include: Ai Weiwei: Resetting Memories at MARCO in Monterrey, Ai Weiwei: Bare Life at the Mildred Lane Kemper Museum in St. Louis, Ai Weiwei at the K20/K21 in Dusseldorf, and Good Fences Make Good Neighbors with the Public Art Fund in New York City.Ai was born in Beijing in 1957 and currently resides and works in Berlin. Ai is the recipient of the 2015 Ambassador of Conscience Award from Amnesty International and the 2012 Václav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent from the Human Rights Foundation.

  • Birthday

    Aug 28, 1957
  • Place of Birth

    Beijing, China

Known For

Awards

9 wins & 21 nominations

Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival
2020
Vivos (2020)
Winner - Special Mention of the Testimony on Politics Jury
Vivos (2020)
2020
Winner - Special Mention of the Testimony on Politics Jury
ZagrebDox
2018
Human Flow (2017)
Winner - My Generation Award
2018
International Competition
Winner - My Generation Award
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