Portrait of Wang Bing

Directing

Wang Bing

Career

Active from 2003 to 2025, busiest in 2009 and 2018 with 4 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for Man in Black
Man in Black
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Wang Bing Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    1.4, average 4.8
  • Romance
    1.0, average 3.8
  • Wit & Wordplay
    1.0, average 3.7
  • Mystery
    1.6, average 4.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 5
  • Social Realism 3
  • Historical Documentary 3
  • Chinese History 3
  • Chinese Documentary 2
  • Slow-Paced 2
  • Contemporary China 2
  • Observational Documentary 2
  • Chinese Society 2
  • Human Resilience 2
  • Economic Hardship 2
  • Class Struggle 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

31
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
I Come From Ikotun
I Come From Ikotun

Director

Jiabiangou
Jiabiangou

Director

2020s

4 titles ยท average score 74
Youth (Hard Times)
Youth (Hard Times) (2025)
GoodWatch score 79

Director

Youth (Homecoming)
Youth (Homecoming) (2025)
GoodWatch score 68

Writer, Director

Youth (Spring)
Youth (Spring) (2023)
GoodWatch score 63

Director

Man in Black
Man in Black (2023)
GoodWatch score 86

Director

2010s

15 titles ยท average score 61
Dead Souls
Dead Souls (2018)
GoodWatch score 72

Director, Sound

Bitter Money
Bitter Money (2018)
GoodWatch score 62

Editor, Director

Beauty Lives in Freedom
Beauty Lives in Freedom (2018)

Director of Photography, Director

Mrs. Fang
Mrs. Fang (2018)
GoodWatch score 56

Director, Sound

Ta'ang
Ta'ang (2016)

Producer, Director

'Til Madness Do Us Part
'Til Madness Do Us Part (2014)
GoodWatch score 65

Director, Producer

Father and Sons
Father and Sons (2014)

Editor, Director of Photography

Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)
GoodWatch score 53

Director

Alone
Alone (2013)

Director, Director of Photography

Three Sisters
Three Sisters (2012)
GoodWatch score 49

Director of Photography, Writer

The Ditch
The Ditch (2011)
GoodWatch score 71

Producer, Director

Man With No Name
Man With No Name (2010)

Producer, Director

2000s

9 titles ยท average score 71
Coal Money
Coal Money (2009)

Director, Cinematography

Tiananmen
Tiananmen (2009)

Writer

Cinematic Correspondences: Jaime Rosales - Wang Bing
Cinematic Correspondences: Jaime Rosales - Wang Bing (2009)

Director

Happy Valley
Happy Valley (2009)

Director

Crude Oil
Crude Oil (2008)

Director, Producer

Fengming: A Chinese Memoir
Fengming: A Chinese Memoir (2007)
GoodWatch score 79

Director, Director of Photography

The State of the World
The State of the World (2007)
GoodWatch score 54

Director, Screenplay

Brutality Factory
Brutality Factory (2007)

Director, Screenplay

Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks
Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks (2004)
GoodWatch score 80

Director of Photography, Producer

1990s

1 title
1966, My Time in the Red Guards
1966, My Time in the Red Guards (1993)

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