Wang Bing

Dublin Core

Title

Wang Bing

Contributor Item Type Metadata

First Name

Bing

Surname or Business Name

Wang

Years Affiliated

2017

Birth Date

1967

Birthplace

China

Occupation

Documentary Filmmaker

Biographical Text

Wang Bing (China) 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 is an over 9-hour-long documentary work that encountered a great success internationally. Besides feature documentary (Three Sisters, 'Til Madness), he is also active in video installation (Crude Oil, a 14-hour film), directed several fictions (Brutality Factory, The Ditch) and started a noteworthy work in photography. His work has been selected for presentation and competition in many film festivals where he won a great number of awards. Acclaimed by critics and recognised as one of the most important Chinese artists, documentary makers and film directors of his time, he is being honoured by retrospectives of his entire work in major museum, as recently in Centre Pompidou in Paris, and at the Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique.