 Wei was and won the Plum Blossom Award for the best performer in 1988.Wei's first appearance in front of the camera dates back to 1989 when he acted in the ""Ballad of the Yellow River"", a film by the famous director Teng Wenji which describes the past lives of the people living along the old course of the Yellow River.It won the Best Director Award in the 14th Montréal World Film Festival .