魏建刚出生于新疆的边陲小城，先后在在新疆艺术学院和上海戏剧学院学习戏剧表演。毕业后一直对非政府社会发展工作充满兴趣，利用自己的戏剧专业在一家帮助智障人士机构做戏剧心理调理5年。
毕业后，他来到北京参加过一些电影和戏剧的演出，同时也在一些国内的非政府机构做志愿者，同时从2005年开始为联合国儿童基金会做儿童活动顾问。
最近几年来，魏建刚开始参与制作影像作品，同时利用影像来帮助社会运动的发展。从2007年开始制作导演网络视频“同志亦凡人”，到现在为止由他导演和主持的同志亦凡人已经制作了45集视频。
Xiaogang was born and raised in Xinjiang, China. He was trained as an actor at the drama department of the Xinjiang Arts Institute in Urumqi and at the Shanghai Drama Academy. Having a passion for community work and a drive to contribute to social change, Xiao Gang has continually searched for meaningful ways to share his drama skills with others and to use them in socially relevant ways.
After finishing his studies, he moved to Beijing where he starred in various socially engaging theatre plays and movies. He was a drama teacher at various schools and universities and also successfully developed and implemented a program of drama workshops for different Beijing NGOs. He continues to volunteer for NGOs based in Beijing, and has been a consultant for UNICEF since 2005.
During recent years he started to engage himself on the production side of various film- and other productions benefiting different social movements in China. His most recent feats include the co-production of “I Want to Grow Old in China”(documentary) and the founding of the LGBT webcast “Queer Comrades”, for which he hosted and directed more than 45 half-hour episodes.
Email: xiaogang@queercomrades.com
