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Wang Hongwei

Date of birth: 1969-09-03

Place of birth:

Known for: Acting

Also known as: 王宏伟

Wang Hongwei

Biography

Wang Hongwei is a Chinese actor. Wang is perhaps best known for his work with director Jia Zhangke. The two men were classmates at the Beijing Film Academy when they began their professional relationship, with Wang starring in Jia's breakthrough short film Xiao Shan Going Home in 1995.

Movie Credits

The Shadowless Tower
3.4

The Shadowless Tower

2023-10-27

Gu Wentong learns the whereabouts of his father, who lost contact with him more than 40 years ago. E

Still Life
3.6

Still Life

2006-11-16

A town in Fengjie county is gradually being demolished and flooded to make way for the Three Gorges

Art College 1994
3.6

Art College 1994

2025-06-21

In the 1990s, a group of students on the campus of the Chinese Southern Academy of Arts are pursuing

Seizing the Glave
0

Seizing the Glave

2007-01-01

The World
3.4

The World

2004-09-01

At Beijing World Park, a bizarre cross-pollination of Las Vegas and Epcot Center where visitors can

Platform
3.5

Platform

2001-08-29

China’s rapid changes from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, as seen through the lives of four perf

Pickpocket
3.6

Pickpocket

1997-08-01

A small town pickpocket whose friends have moved on to higher trades finds himself bitter and unable

Cry Me a River
2.9

Cry Me a River

2008-07-11

An ancestral city; through its delicious botanical garden and its branched canals, we observe the cl

Hero Huang Hua
0

Hero Huang Hua

2011-03-15

Carp Leaping Over Dragon's Gate
0

Carp Leaping Over Dragon's Gate

2023-11-11

In a small county in Shandong Province in 2008, single mother Wei lives alone with her daughter Miao

Xiao Shan Going Home
2.8

Xiao Shan Going Home

1995-05-01

Xiao Shan, a temporary worker at the Hongyuan Restaurant, has just been fired by his boss Zhao Guoqi

Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang
3.5

Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang

2014-10-20

Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke returns to the shooting locations of his films, along with his actors,

WANG HONG WEI: CHINESE INDIE FILM
0

WANG HONG WEI: CHINESE INDIE FILM

2018-01-01

The player of Jia Zhangke's early film "Xiao Wu" and the famous independent film activist Wang Hongw

No Problem
0

No Problem

2021-10-08

Zuo Shouquan is the director of the morning paper in a north-eastern city. He has a daughter, Zuo Mi

Miss You on the Missed Night
3.5

Miss You on the Missed Night

2020-08-04

This is a story that takes place at night, with street corner restaurants, streetlights, a rain, and

Dwelling by the West Lake
2.5

Dwelling by the West Lake

2024-04-03

A mother and her son living amid economic turbulence in the beautiful Chinese green tea-farming land

Imperfect Perfect Life
3.5

Imperfect Perfect Life

2021-07-15

Crew member Lei Menghan, unable to repay his debts and with nowhere else to turn, reluctantly agrees

Crosscurrent
3.1

Crosscurrent

2016-02-15

A voyage between a woman searching for the meaning of life and a man holding a book of poems on the

Fish Bone
0

Fish Bone

2025-12-24

Eighteen-year-old girl Li Qi failed the college entrance examinations. She disobeyed her mother, ref

Old Stone
3.5

Old Stone

2016-02-12

When a drunken passenger causes taxi driver Lao Shi to swerve and hit a motorcyclist, he stops to he

Let It Be
2.5

Let It Be

2012-09-07

Unknown Pleasures
3.2

Unknown Pleasures

2002-06-06

Two disaffected, unemployed Chinese youth drift through life on the streets of their industrial town

A Touch of Sin
3.6

A Touch of Sin

2013-10-04

Four independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence.

The Fool and the Temple
0

The Fool and the Temple

On the outskirts of the village, another accident occurs at Mr. Zhou's quarry... The village is on e

Assassination
0

Assassination

2019-01-19

Shanghai Bund in years of isolation. Zhou Qifang, president of the Sea Breeze Chamber of Commerce,

Ten Years
3.5

Ten Years

2015-11-15

Five shorts reveal a fictional Hong Kong in 2025, depicting a dystopian city where residents and act

Brutality Factory
0

Brutality Factory

2007-05-24

Modern China. On a bright sunny day, in a building site, an industrial complex is being deconstructe

大雾
0

大雾

2008-03-17

Non-narrative series of shots: in factory, sex workers etc.

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
3.4

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

2002-05-16

During the Cultural Revolution, two young men are sent to a remote mining village where they fall in

Tiger Wolf Rabbit
3.3

Tiger Wolf Rabbit

2024-10-01

Three parents who have lost their children are involved with each other because of a deal; they have

Guard of the Tree Spirit
0

Guard of the Tree Spirit

2021-10-14

In the south of Yunnan, there are mountains, rivers, ancient trees, and tea gardens. The simple beli

Silent Ghosts
0

Silent Ghosts

2023-01-25

Scholars Under Fire
5

Scholars Under Fire

2025-08-15

Admission
0

Admission

2025-11-15

Every parent wants to secure the best possible future for their child. For Sun and Li, that means ge

Two Time Zones
0

Two Time Zones

After his marriage falls apart, Wang Dali (portrayed by Zhang Luyi) continues to live under the same