This "post-80s" young talent, who directed the world-shaking "The Wandering Earth", was elected vice president along with other outstanding filmmakers at the 11th National Congress of the Film Association, which concluded on January 30. Who is this young and promising director?
He is the talented Guo Fan, a director from Jining, Shandong Province, whose films have not only been acclaimed in China, but also won numerous awards at international film festivals. From "The Adventures of Li Xianji" to "You at the Same Table", and then to the epoch-making "The Wandering Earth", Guo Fan has injected new vitality into Chinese films with his talent and enthusiasm. He is synonymous with youth and is the future of cinema. In the new leadership of the Film Association, he will lead Chinese films to new glory with a younger perspective and a more innovative spirit.
According to the public resume, Guo Fan, born on December 15, 1980 in Jining City, Shandong Province, is a film director, screenwriter and producer. He graduated from the Law School of Hainan University with a bachelor's degree and the School of Management of Beijing Film Academy with a master's degree. Executive Director of Republic Culture Media (Beijing)**, Vice Chairman of China Film Association.
In 2003, after graduation, Guo Fan worked in the program team of China Tourism Satellite TV's "Asia ** Center". In 2009, he was admitted to the graduate school of the Management Department of Beijing Film Academy. In 2011, he wrote and directed the film "The Adventures of Lee Xianji", and won the Best Asian Film Award at the 16th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival in South Korea the following year.
In 2014, his second directorial work "You at the Same Table" was released, and in the same year, the film won the Grand Prize of the Organizing Committee of the 21st Beijing University Student Film Festival and the Golden Angel Award of the 10th Sino-American Film Festival.
In 2019, the sci-fi movie "The Wandering Earth" directed by him became a high-profile work. With this film, he won the Best Director Award at the 32nd Tokyo International Film Festival Golden Crane Award and the Best Director Award at the 35th Hundred Flowers Award for Popular Films; In the same year, the film won the Outstanding Work Award of the 15th Central Propaganda Department's "Five One Project" for Spiritual Civilization Construction; Best Feature Film Award at the 32nd China Film Golden Rooster Awards; Best Film at the 11th China Film Directors Association Annual Commendation Conference; The 9th Beijing Literary and Art Award; Best Film Award at the 26th Beijing University Student Film Festival; The 30th Galaxy Awards for Best Adapted Work and other awards.
In 2020, he directed the film "King Kong River" with the theme of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, and won the 18th Film Channel Media Award for the most popular director by the media; In 2023, he will be elected as the third vice chairman of the Beijing Film Association and the vice chairman of the Science Fiction Film Working Committee of the China Film Association.
As the youngest vice chairman of the new Film Association, Guo Fan will continue to contribute to the development of China's film industry. His talent and experience will undoubtedly inject new vitality and creativity into the Film Association. We look forward to his more brilliant achievements on the road of film creation and industrial development in the future.