1966年出生于湖北武汉，1991年毕业于北京中央戏剧学院。 现工作生活于重庆，美院油画系教师。

艺术项目：《一个人的社会》、《临时艺术社区》、《六环比五环多一环》和《外省青年》等的主要发起人之一。
纪录片：《淹没》、《乡村档案：龙王村2006影像文件》获得包括柏林电影节青年论坛沃尔夫冈·斯道特奖、法国真实电影节国际多媒体作者联合奖、日本山形国际纪录片电影节弗拉哈迪奖、香港国际电影节纪录片人道奖在内的数项国际性大奖，以及荷兰IDFA Jan Vrijman Fund电影基金奖和瑞士Vision sud est Fund电影基金奖。《杀马特，我爱你》在国内外文化界引起重大反响。
个展：2008年北京《微观叙事：档案》、2016年重庆《抵抗幻觉——日常生活的仪式》以及2019年广东《意外的光芒》等，较全面的体现了他在中国社会的现状下，用现实本身的超越性去创造新的美学的艺术思想。

Born in Wuhan, Hubei in 1966, graduated from the Central Academy of Drama in 1991, now teaches oil painting at arts Institute, currently lives in Chongqing.

He is also one of the main initiators of the art projects All Individual As the Society, Tentative Art Community, Between the 5th and 6th Ring Road in Beijing, and Youth in Foreign Provinces.

His documentaries Before the Flood (2005) and Chronicle of Longwang: A Year in the Life of a Chinese Village (2008) have won several international awards, such as Wolfgang Staudte Award at the Berlin International Film Festival, Prix international de la Scam at Cinéma du Réel, The Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize at Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival，Documentary Competition Prize at Hong Kong International Film Festival, also includes IDFA Jan Vrijman Fund and Vision sud est Fund. We were Smart has caused a great response in the cultural circles both at China and abroad.