Directed credits
21
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Ai Weiwei
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.9
Moderate attention
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Directed movies: 21Directed series: 0All crew credits: 37
TMDB ID: 1081077
IMDb ID: nm2675885
Known for: Directing
Born: August 28, 1957
Age: 68
Place of birth: Beijing, China
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1948 - 2025
Years active: 78
Average TMDB rating: 6.76
Wikidata: Q160115
Also known as
Ài Wèiwèi • Weiwei Ai • Ai Wei-wei
Frequent jobs
Director (21)Producer (12)Cinematography (1)Editor (1)Executive Producer (1)Thanks (1)
Biography
Ai Weiwei is a Chinese contemporary artist and activist. Ai grew up in the far north-west of China, where he lived under harsh conditions due to his father's exile. 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 schools in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. In 2011, Ai Weiwei was arrested at Beijing Capital International Airport on 3 April, for allegedly economic crimes. He was detained for 81 days without charge. Ai Weiwei emerged as a vital instigator in Chinese cultural development, an architect of Chinese modernism, and one of the nation's most vocal political commentators. Ai Weiwei encapsulates political conviction and his personal poetry in his many sculptures, photographs and public works. In doing this, he makes use of Chinese art forms to display the Chinese political and social issues. After being allowed to leave China in 2015, he has lived in Berlin, Germany, and, since 2019, in Cambridge, UK, with his family, working and traveling internationally.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Ai Weiwei.
Animality
Director
2025 Movie
Rohingya
Director
2022 Movie
7.0
Cockroach
Director
2020 Movie
5.5
Vivos
Director
2020 Movie
江天勇律师
Director
2017 Movie
Heaven and Earth
Director
2016 Movie
Fukushima Art Project
Director
2015 Movie
Straight
Director
2015 Movie
You Know What I Mean
Director
2014 Movie
Play of the Play
Director
2014 Movie
Stay Home
Director
2013 Movie
Wenchuan Rebar
Director
2013 Movie
4851
Director
2012 Movie
Discard the Old Path of Closed Doors and Rigidity and Reject Evil Attempts to Change the Party's Banner
Director
2012 Movie
The Crab House
Director
2012 Movie
Flower Good Moon Round
Director
2011 Movie
Jingmei Wang
Director
2010 Movie
A Beautiful Life
Director
2010 Movie
Little Girl's Cheeks
Director
2009 Movie
冯正虎回家
Director
2009 Movie
Eat, Drink and Be Merry
Director
2003 Movie
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Ai Weiwei.
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Ai Weiwei.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Ai Weiwei.
6.6
CoroNation
Producer
2020 Movie
5.0
The Rest
Producer
2019 Movie
Animality
Director
2025 Movie
Ximei
Executive Producer
2019 Movie
6.6
Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies
2019 Movie
Rohingya
Director
2022 Movie
Straight
Director
2015 Movie
Wenchuan Rebar
Director
2013 Movie
6.8
The Trainer
as Ai Weiwei
2024 Movie
5.0
Ordos 100
Producer
2012 Movie
7.0
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Thanks
2012 Movie
7.6
Why Are We Creative?
as Self
2018 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Ai Weiwei.
6.4
The Daily Show
as Self • 1 eps
1996 Series
9.0
Bambi
as Self • 1 eps
1948 Series
3.5
Morgenmagazin
as Self • 1 eps
1992 Series
6.0
Kulturplatz
as Self • 1 eps
2004 Series
7.5
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
1 eps
2018 Series
2.0
Aux arts et cætera
as Self • 1 eps
2022 Series
7.8
Laogai: Prison Nation - Inside China's Ruling System
as Self - Interviewee • 2 eps
2023 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Ai Weiwei.
6.6
CoroNation
Producer
2020 Movie
5.0
The Rest
Producer
2019 Movie
Ximei
Executive Producer
2019 Movie
6.9
Human Flow
Producer
2017 Movie
Ai Weiwei's Appeal ¥15,220,910.50
Producer
2014 Movie
Ping'an Yueqing
Producer
2013 Movie
The Mala Desert
Producer
2012 Movie
7.0
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Thanks
2012 Movie
5.0
Ordos 100
Producer
2012 Movie
Chang'an Boulevard
Editor
2012 Movie
Beijing: The Second Ring
Producer
2012 Movie
Beijing: The Third Ring
Producer
2012 Movie
Sanhua
Producer
2010 Movie
7.0
One Recluse
Cinematography
2010 Movie
6.5
Disturbing the Peace
Producer
2009 Movie
Fairytale
Producer
2007 Movie
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Ai Weiwei.
Ai Weiwei's Turandot
as Self
2025 Movie
6.8
The Trainer
as Ai Weiwei
2024 Movie
9.0
Clockwork Orange: The Prophecy
as Himself
2023 Movie
Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
2022 Movie
8.3
Ithaka
as Self
2022 Movie
6.5
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
as Self
2019 Movie
6.6
Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies
2019 Movie
8.8
Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly
as Self
2019 Movie
5.0
The Rest
2019 Movie
7.6
Why Are We Creative?
as Self
2018 Movie
Ai Weiwei en Buenos Aires
as Himself
2018 Movie
5.7
The Chinese Lives of Uli Sigg
2017 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Ai Weiwei.
7.8
Laogai: Prison Nation - Inside China's Ruling System
as Self - Interviewee • 2 eps
2023 Series
2.0
Aux arts et cætera
as Self • 1 eps
2022 Series
7.5
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
1 eps
2018 Series
6.0
Kulturplatz
as Self • 1 eps
2004 Series
6.4
The Daily Show
as Self • 1 eps
1996 Series
3.5
Morgenmagazin
as Self • 1 eps
1992 Series
9.0
Bambi
as Self • 1 eps
1948 Series