WANG BING
China
Related film: THE DITCH
Wang Bing is a Chinese 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. He graduated from the Film Academy in Beijing in 1996. He made the 18-episode TV series CAMPUS AFFAIRS and the TV documentary COMMON PEOPLE'S HOMESTEAD. In 1999, he was cameraman for the film DISTORTION. His debut as a director came with TIEXI DISTRICT: WEST OF THE TRACKS (2003), a nine-hour documentary in three parts entitled RUST, REMNANTS AND RAILS. He also makes installations, such as CRUDE OIL (2008), shown in Rotterdam. In 2010, his film on Chinese labour camps, THE DITCH, was included in the Venice Film Festival as the film sorpresa; and he returned in 2012 to win the Orizzonti Award with THREE SISTERS. 'TIL MADNESS DO US PART (2013) was selected at multiple festivals like Venice, Toronto, Rotterdam and Hong Kong, followed by TA'ANG which premiered at the Berlinale Forum in 2016. (FestivalScope)
Filmography
2003 West of the Tracks (Tie Xi Qu) - Grand Prix at the Marseille Festival
of Documentary Film
2007 Fengming, a Chinese Memoir (He Fengming) - Grand Prize at the Yamagata
International Documentary Film Festival
2007 Brutality Factory - Short in the anthology The State of the World
2008 Crude Oil - Premiered at International Film Festival Rotterdam 2008
2009 Coal Money (Tong dao)
2010 Man with No Name (Wu ming zhe)
2010 The Ditch (Jiabiangou) - Premiered at 67th Venice International Film Festival
2012 Three Sisters (San Zimei) - Premiered at 69th Venice IFF - Regard d'or at the
27th Fribourg International Film Festival
2013 'Til Madness Do Us Part (Feng ai) - Premiered at 70th Venice IFF
2014 Father and Sons (Fu Yu Zi) - Grande Prémio Cidade de Lisboa at Doclisboa 2014
2014 Traces (Yizhi)
2016 Ta'ang - Premiered at Berlinale 2016
2016 Bitter Money (Ku Qian) - Premiered at 73rd Venice IFF
2017 Mrs. Fang (Fang Xiu Ying) - Golden Leopard at 70th Locarno Festival
2017 15 Hours - Premiered at documenta 14
