Wang Bing

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    Wáng Bīng, Bing Wang, Ван Бин, 王兵

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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.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1967-11-16
  • event Death Date Unknown
  • school Known for: Directing
  • star Popularity: 2.4
  • info Birth Place Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Wang Bing

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Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks

2003-09-07

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The Ditch

2010-09-06

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The Ditch

2010-09-06

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The Ditch

2010-09-06

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Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks

2003-09-07

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Three Sisters

2012-11-21

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The State of the World

2007-06-16

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Coal Money

2009-03-07

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Fengming: A Chinese Memoir

2007-04-18

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'Til Madness Do Us Part

2014-06-28

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Man With No Name

2010-02-05

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Crude Oil

2008-01-17

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Traces

2014-04-14

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Coal Money

2009-03-07

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Man With No Name

2010-02-05

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Man With No Name

2010-02-05

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Crude Oil

2008-01-17

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Father and Sons

2014-10-21

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Father and Sons

2014-10-21

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Venice 70: Future Reloaded

2013-08-28

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Cinematic Correspondences: Jaime Rosales - Wang Bing

2009-01-01

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Alone

2013-01-24

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Ta'ang

2016-03-02

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Bitter Money

2018-01-12

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Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks

2003-09-07

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Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks

2003-09-07

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15 Hours

2017-06-10

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Mrs. Fang

2017-08-09

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Man in Black

2023-05-22

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Mrs. Fang

2017-08-09

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Youth (Spring)

2023-11-10

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'Til Madness Do Us Part

2014-06-28

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'Til Madness Do Us Part

2014-06-28

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'Til Madness Do Us Part

2014-06-28

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Fengming: A Chinese Memoir

2007-04-18

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Brutality Factory

2007-05-24

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Bitter Money

2018-01-12

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Traces

2014-04-14

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Beauty Lives in Freedom

2018-10-05

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Alone

2013-01-24

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Traces

2014-04-14

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Mrs. Fang

2017-08-09

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The Ways of the World: Vol. 1

2010-04-03

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The Ways of the World: Vol. 1

2010-04-03

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Ta'ang

2016-03-02

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'Til Madness Do Us Part

2014-06-28

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Traces

2014-04-14

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Father and Sons

2014-10-21

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Crude Oil

2008-01-17

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Three Sisters

2012-11-21

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Dead Souls

2018-10-24

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Three Sisters

2012-11-21

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Three Sisters

2012-11-21

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Dead Souls

2018-10-24

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Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks - Rust

2003-01-01

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Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks - Remnants

2003-01-01

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Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks - Rails

2003-01-01

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Youth (Hard Times)

2024-08-13

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Youth (Homecoming)

2024-09-06

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Mrs. Fang

2017-08-09

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Mrs. Fang

2017-08-09

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Happy Valley

2009-03-12

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Beauty Lives in Freedom

2018-10-05

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Ta'ang

2016-03-02

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Ta'ang

2016-03-02

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Dead Souls

2018-10-24

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Dead Souls

2018-10-24

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Brutality Factory

2007-05-24

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I Come From Ikotun

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Tiananmen

2009-09-02

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1966, My Time in the Red Guards

1993-10-03