---
name: "Guan Hu"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/guan-hu"
fi1m_id: "guan-hu"
imdb_id: "nm1299690"
tmdb_id: 131301
wikidata_id: "Q5613510"
roles: ["Director","Writer"]
born: "1 January 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T15:36:42.272620+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Guan Hu

## Identity

Guan Hu

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/guan-hu
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** guan-hu
- **IMDb ID:** nm1299690
- **TMDB ID:** 131301
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5613510
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guan_Hu, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5613510, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1299690/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/131301

Director and writer. Born 1 January 1968 in Beijing, China.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1968, Beijing, China
- **Active:** 2019–present
- **Also known as:** 管虎
- **Frequently works with:** [Zhang Yi](https://film.one/person/zhang-yi-146098.md), Ge Rui
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guan_Hu, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5613510, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1299690/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/131301

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*The Eight Hundred*](https://film.one/film/the-eight-hundred.md) (64)

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## Biography

Guan Hu (管虎) is a Chinese film director and screenwriter associated with the Sixth Generation of Chinese filmmakers. Born in Beijing in 1968, he graduated from the Beijing Film Academy in 1991.

He made his feature debut with *Dirt* (1994) and went on to direct films including *Cow* (2009), *Mr. Six* (2015) and *Black Dog* (2024). Guan directed and co-wrote the war epic *The Eight Hundred* (2020) and directed the segment 'The Eve' for the anthology *My People, My Country* (2019). He is married to actress Liang Jing.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, variety.com, metacritic.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Eight Hundred* (2020), Fi1m 64, Writer, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-eight-hundred.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *A Man and A Woman* (2026), Director
- *Being Towards Death* (2026), Thanks
- *Hold A Court Now* (2026), series, Executive Producer
- *To Love Again* (2025), Producer
- *Rescue at Dongji* (2025), Executive Producer, Director
- *Clash* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Black Dog* (2024), Director, Story, Screenplay
- *A Song Sung Blue* (2024), Executive Producer
- *South Sea Tomb* (2023), series, Executive Producer
- *Wandering Days* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Candle in the Tomb: The Worm Valley* (2021), series, Producer
- *Streetwise* (2021), Executive Producer
- *The Pioneer* (2021), Producer
- *The Sacrifice* (2020), Executive Producer, Writer, Director
- *虎·破* (2020), as 导演
- *The Eight Hundred* (2020), Director, Writer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-eight-hundred.md)
- *My People, My Country* (2019), Writer, Director
- *Candle In The Tomb: The Wrath Of Time* (2019), series, Producer
- *The Island* (2018), series, Actor
- *The Island* (2018), as Mental Patient
- *Candle in the Tomb: The Weasel Grave* (2017), series, Director
- *Run for Love* (2016), Director, Writer
- *We Are the Best Ten Years* (2016), series, Director
- *Mr. Six* (2015), Screenplay, Director
- *Troubled Times Three Brothers* (2013), series, Director
- *The Chef, The Actor, The Scoundrel* (2013), Director, Writer
- *Design of Death* (2012), Writer, Director
- *The Outlander* (2010), series, Director
- *Cow* (2009), Director, Writer
- *Who Stole My Happiness* (2009), Director, Executive Producer
- *The story of workers from village* (2005), series, Director
- *The Winter Solstice* (2004), series, Director
- *Eyes of a Beauty* (2002), Director, Writer
- *Black Hole* (2001), series, Director
- *Mini-bus* (2000), Director
- *Goodbye, My 1948* (1999), Director
- *Midnight Walker* (1998), Director, Writer
- *The Street Rhapsody* (1996), Director
- *Dirt* (1994), Director, Writer
- *Once Upon a Land*, series, Director
- *The Heroic Age*, series, Director

## Gallery

- ![Guan Hu](https://film.one/media/person/5832781/gallery-0e06f2fe5c15.jpg) Guan Hu — Image via TMDB
- ![Guan Hu](https://film.one/media/person/5832781/gallery-89a2f2188df5.jpg) Guan Hu — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- China Film Director's Guild Award for Best Director 2016: China Film Director's Guild Award for Best Director (won), for *Mr. Six*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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