Honors – weiweigao.com

2025 Shore film “Spring Arrives” was selected to Houston Underwater Film Festival 2025 – Feature Length 1st Place (Houston, USA)
2024 Weiwei was selected as 2024 Atlantis ImageMakers and spent one week at Atlantis Liveaboards and Dive Resorts (Dumaguete, the Philippines)
2024 Short film “Spring Arrives” was selected to The 25th San Diego Undersea Film Festival (San Diego, USA)
2023 A short animation film “The White Whale” was selected to the following film festivals:
- The 24th San Diego Undersea Film Festival (San Diego, USA)
- Houston Underwater Film Festival 2023 – Judges Top 10 Picks (Houston, USA)
- Underwater LOVE Film Festival 2023 (Venice, Italy)
- San Sebastian International Underwater Film Festival 2023 (San Sebastián, Spain)
- SEA Film Festival 2023 (La Spezia, Spain)
- Palm Springs Animation Festival (Palm Spring, USA)
- Neum Underwater Film Festival – semi-finalist (Neum, Herzegovina)
- Australia Animation Film Festival – semi-finalist (Newtown, NSW)
2022 A short film “Tunicates and the worm” was selected to the 23rd San Diego Undersea Film Festival
2021 A photo was featured in Fodors Travel Guide.
2021 A short film “My Scuba Diving in the Pandemic Year” was selected to the 22nd San Diego Undersea Film Festival
2019 Photographs were featured in the poster for the 2019 San Diego Undersea Film Exhibition.
2019 A short film “The Magic Shores” was selected to the San Diego Undersea Film Exhibition. It was voted #1 by the audience for the entire show.
2019 Monterey Shootout third place in video montage category
2018 Blue Water So-Cal Shootout second place in edited and unedited video categories
2015 Photos were featured by Dr. Bill in his blog series “Drive Dry with Dr. Bill”.
2014 Weiwei and his wildlife photography were featured on Yale Bulletin and Calendar.