Ai Weiwei
![Ai Weiwei](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/hD3ot74TFao8xDaeUaxuRK0RKsS.jpg)
Known For: Directing
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: August 28, 1957 (67 years old)
Place of Birth: Beijing, China
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.
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![The Sand Storm](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/c54h8JIW8AUncBaK6GBHEHn2XvH.jpg)
Actor
The Sand Storm
![Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/g6TV6SfMs3HGSGftvkel8GIqDXw.jpg)
Actor Self
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
![Ai Weiwei - Evidence](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/1CWnYv4My7PHSlHTvVZPxuEdKMi.jpg)
Actor Himself
Ai Weiwei - Evidence
![Ai Weiwei's Appeal ¥15,220,910.50](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/kbE3yKQoTpSRXOzxZtvbIUVfxSr.jpg)
Actor Self
Ai Weiwei's Appeal ¥15,220,910.50
![Ai Weiwei's Appeal ¥15,220,910.50](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/kbE3yKQoTpSRXOzxZtvbIUVfxSr.jpg)
Producer
Ai Weiwei's Appeal ¥15,220,910.50
![Ai Weiwei's Appeal ¥15,220,910.50](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/kbE3yKQoTpSRXOzxZtvbIUVfxSr.jpg)
Director
Ai Weiwei's Appeal ¥15,220,910.50
![Play of the Play](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/azEUCj5qFKIFo292WR0hsFpwJ6G.jpg)
Director
Play of the Play
![You Know What I Mean](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/vNZqYMCJBhUeDApAJVUPmKcOgnG.jpg)
Director
You Know What I Mean
![You Know What I Mean](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/vNZqYMCJBhUeDApAJVUPmKcOgnG.jpg)
Producer
You Know What I Mean
2013
2012
![Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/5bkXKjsaBYmvbCt6LLRcqsd74jG.jpg)
Actor Self - Artist
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
![KUN 13: Criticizing Ai Weiwei and Wu Haohao](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/5XUOVWfflkiUMUxi2TaKKJE4o8a.jpg)
Actor Himself
KUN 13: Criticizing Ai Weiwei and Wu Haohao
![Beijing: The Third Ring](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/sNQYtxKXTpOhYeIeX7r009UcIVE.jpg)
Producer
Beijing: The Third Ring
![Chang'an Boulevard](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/lNyGyFXe3150h9yHkajnVGqeEED.jpg)
Editor
Chang'an Boulevard
![Beijing: The Second Ring](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/eSKQuPsIZWVGZwnDAKaSlURvf8x.jpg)
Cinematography
Beijing: The Second Ring
![Beijing: The Third Ring](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/sNQYtxKXTpOhYeIeX7r009UcIVE.jpg)
Cinematography
Beijing: The Third Ring
![Beijing: The Second Ring](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/eSKQuPsIZWVGZwnDAKaSlURvf8x.jpg)
Director
Beijing: The Second Ring
Director
So Sorry
![Beijing: The Third Ring](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/sNQYtxKXTpOhYeIeX7r009UcIVE.jpg)
Editor
Beijing: The Third Ring
![Chang'an Boulevard](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/lNyGyFXe3150h9yHkajnVGqeEED.jpg)
Producer
Chang'an Boulevard
![Beijing: The Second Ring](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/eSKQuPsIZWVGZwnDAKaSlURvf8x.jpg)
Editor
Beijing: The Second Ring
![Ordos 100](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/xlSMGPDqwwhX2Foi7JX21XdROqE.jpg)
Producer
Ordos 100
![Ordos 100](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/xlSMGPDqwwhX2Foi7JX21XdROqE.jpg)
Director
Ordos 100
Producer
So Sorry
![Beijing: The Third Ring](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/sNQYtxKXTpOhYeIeX7r009UcIVE.jpg)
Director
Beijing: The Third Ring
![Beijing: The Second Ring](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/eSKQuPsIZWVGZwnDAKaSlURvf8x.jpg)
Producer
Beijing: The Second Ring
![Chang'an Boulevard](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/lNyGyFXe3150h9yHkajnVGqeEED.jpg)
Director
Chang'an Boulevard
![Chang'an Boulevard](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/lNyGyFXe3150h9yHkajnVGqeEED.jpg)
Cinematography
Chang'an Boulevard
![Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/5bkXKjsaBYmvbCt6LLRcqsd74jG.jpg)
Thanks
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
![Discard the Old Path of Closed Doors and Rigidity and Reject Evil Attempts to Change the Party's Banner](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/sGZ49PB1Wnlgo778O6Pdb67RwiE.jpg)
Director
Discard the Old Path of Closed Doors and Rigidity and Reject Evil Attempts to Change the Party's Banner
![The Mala Desert](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/u5b4ysrCpfHix1GjvEbzkj21H8X.jpg)
Director
The Mala Desert
![The Mala Desert](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/u5b4ysrCpfHix1GjvEbzkj21H8X.jpg)
Producer
The Mala Desert
![The Crab House](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/9X96GcMdDceWxHRRv5iwKCzLw5L.jpg)
Director
The Crab House
![The Crab House](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/9X96GcMdDceWxHRRv5iwKCzLw5L.jpg)
Producer
The Crab House
![4851](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/4UzQ67CiAD50QhgLTUhgUEddk0h.jpg)
Director
4851