Wang Bing (director)
| Wang Bing | |||
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| Chinese name | 王兵 | ||
| Pinyin | Wáng Bìng (Mandarin) | ||
| Born | 1967 Shaanxi, China |
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| Occupation | Documentary filmmaker | ||
| Years active | 2000s | ||
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Wang Bing (Chinese: 王兵; pinyin: Wáng Bìng) (born 1967 in Shaanxi) is a Chinese director, often referred to as one of the foremost figures in documentary film-making.[1] Wang is the founder of his own production company, Wang Bing Studios, which produces most of his films. His movie The Ditch on Chinese labour camps was included in the 2010 Venice Film Festival as the film sorpresa.[2]
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[edit] Recognition
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[1] and Toronto in 2007. More recently Crude Oil premiered at the 2008 Rotterdam Film Festival.
[edit] Filmography
| Year | English Title | Chinese Title | Notes |
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| 2003 | Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks | 铁西区 | Grand Prix at the Marseille Festival of Documentary Film |
| 2007 | Fengming, a Chinese Memoir | 和凤鸣 | Grand Prize at the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival |
| 2007 | "Brutality Factory" | 暴力工厂 | Short in the anthology The State of the World |
| 2008 | Crude Oil | 采油日记 / 原油 | |
| 2008 | Coal Money | 煤炭，钱 | |
| 2009 | Man With No Name | 无名者 | |
| 2010 | The Ditch | 夹边沟 | Premiered at 67th Venice International Film Festival[3] |
| In development | Hometown | Participated in the Pusan Promotion Plan at the 2007 Pusan International Film Festival[4] |
[edit] References
- ^ a b Koehler, Robert (2007-05-20). "Fengming: A Chinese Memoir- Cannes Film Festival Review". Variety. http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=cannes2007&jump=review&reviewid=VE1117933694. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
- ^ Obsessed With Film, Venice 2010 Review: THE DITCH; the “film a sorpresa” that couldn’t live up to last year’s Herzog, September 6, 2010
- ^ "La Biennale di Venezia - The Ditch". http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup/off-sel/venezia67/ditch.html.
- ^ "Pusan Promotion Plan". 2007. http://ppp.asianfilmmarket.org/eng/03database/view_2006_project.asp?section=PPP&idx=269&order_year=2007&no=13. Retrieved 2008-01-09.[dead link]
[edit] External links
- Wang Bing at the Internet Movie Database
- http://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/jc50.2008/WestofTracks/index.html
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