
WANG Bing
王兵
Director, screenwriter, cinemathographer, producer
Born in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China, in 1967, Wang Bing studied photography at the Lu Xun Academy of Fine Art and cinematography at Beijing Film Academy. He began his career as an independent filmmaker in 1999. Discovered in 2003, WEST OF TRACKS (Tiexi qu/铁西区, an enormous documentary work of more than 9 hours, has garnered great success internationally. In addition to his feature documentaries (THREE SISTERS/San zimei/三姊妹, 'TIL MADNESS/Fengai/疯爱), he is also active in video installation (CRUDE OIL/Yuanyou/原油, a 14 hour film), fiction film (BRUTALITY FACTORY/Baoli gongchang/暴力工厂, THE DITCH/Jiabiangou/夹边沟), and photography.
His work has been selected for presentation and competition in many film festivals where he has won a great number of awards. His documentaries have been released in theaters internationally, with THREE SISTERS achieving great success in France with more than 45,000 viewers. Acclaimed by critics and recognized as one of the most important Chinese artists, documentary makers and film directors of his time, he has been honored by retrospectives of his entire oeuvre in major museums, such as the Centre Pompidou in Paris at the Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique or at Documenta.
FILMOGRAPHY
DEAD SOULS (Silinghun/死灵魂)
2018, Documentary, 496 minutes
- Special Screenings, Cannes 2018
MRS. FANG (Fang Xiuying/方绣英)
(International Sales : ASIAN SHADOWS)
2017, Documentary, 86 minutes
- Festival del Film Locarno 2017, Concorso Internazionale, Golden Leopard
- Toronto IFF 2017, Wavelengths
BITTER MONEY (Kuqian/苦钱)
2016, Documentary, 155 minutes
- Venice FF 2016, Orizzonti Competition
TA'ANG (De'ang/德昂)
(International Sales : ASIAN SHADOWS)
2016, Documentary, 148 minutes
- Berlinale 2016, Forum
- Hong Kong IFF 2016
- Swedish Film Institute, 2016 (retrospective WANG Bing)