
November 16, 1967 · 58 years old
Wang Bing (Chinese: 王兵; pinyin: Wáng Bīng; born 16 November, 1967; Xi'an) is a Chinese documentary 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 began h…

50 men live for 12 months in a madhouse, they passing their days in a single plane and having little contact with the medical team. Every one of the inmates is not there for mental health problems but for had killing someone for c...

Zhili is one of the centers of the textile industry and people around rural areas flock there for work. They toil away tirelessly, live in squalid conditions, face prejudice from their families, and have to fight for better pay.

A dozen aging survivors are interviewed from Jiabiangou, a complex of three work camps in Northwest China where supposed rightists were sent for re-education in the 1950s and 1960s under Mao Zedong.

A tribute from filmmakers and critics around the world to the Taiwan New Cinema movement in the 1980s.

Man with No Name is an intimate portrait of an anonymous man living in a deserted wasteland in an unnamed part of China. He lives in an underground cave, in a harsh and otherworldly landscape that seems to be entirely cut off from...

Wang Bing's sequel documentary chronicles the struggles of migrant workers at clothing workshops, capturing their daily struggles to survive on low wages and exploring the possibility of collective empowerment as China's economy b...

An insight look to the coal industry in China, the conditions under the workers must their job and the risks that they are constantly exposed. In the coal route that goes from the mines of Shanxi to the great harbor in Jianjin, th...

"In 2011, Cai took his two sons to his workplace, a factory in Fuming, where he worked as a stone caster, and found a school for them. Ever since, they have been living in a hut owned by the factory, with only one bed. We began fi...

Wang Bing's Youth documentary trilogy concludes with migrant factory workers celebrating the New Year with their families. Their cyclical struggle captured over 5 years becomes a poignant portrait of surviving in contemporary rura...