Wang Bing | |||
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Chinese name | 王兵 | ||
Pinyin | Wáng Bīng (Mandarin) | ||
Born | 1967 Shanxi, China |
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Occupation | Documentary filmmaker | ||
Years active | 2000s | ||
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Wang Bing (Chinese: 王兵; pinyin: Wáng Bīng; born 1967) 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. His movie on Chinese labour camps, The Ditch, was included in the 2010 Venice Film Festival as the film sorpresa.
Wang's 9 hour epic documentary of industrial China, Tie Xi Qu, was considered a major success. Tie Xi Qu went on to win the Grand Prix at the Marseille Festival of Documentary Film and was shown for the first time in Spain at the Punto de Vista International Documentary Film Festival. Wang's film, Fengming, a Chinese Memoir, premiered at both Cannes and Toronto in 2007. More recently Crude Oil premiered at the 2008 Rotterdam Film Festival.
Winner “Regard d’or” (= Grand Prix of the Jury) at the Fribourg International Film Festival fiff.ch, 23 March 2013