UTA Signs ‘Black Dog’ & ‘The Eight Hundred’ Filmmaker Guan Hu

Anthony D'Alessandro

12 December 2024 at 11:17 am·2-min read

EXCLUSIVE: UTA has inked Chinese filmmaker and 2024 Un Certain Regard Prize winner, Guan Hu, for representation in all areas.

Guan recently won the Un Certain Regard Prize at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival for his film Black Dog. The film has since screened at global festivals and has received several accolades. He was also nominated for Best Director at the Gotham Awards and is a nominee for Best International Film at the upcoming 2025 Independent Spirit Awards for the film.

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The filmmaker is part of a sixth generation of Chinese directors, has directed and written numerous features including his 2020 war epic The Eight Hundred, which became the highest-grossing live-action film worldwide that year with close to a half billion. His 2015 film Mr. Six not only resonated with Chinese moviegoers, but saw its adaptation rights snapped up by several countries. Other titles include Cow (2009); Design of Death (2012); The Chef, The Actor, The Scoundrel (2013); and The Sacrifice (2020), among others. All in, his canon has generated $1.44 billion at the worldwide box office.

His films have been recognized with numerous accolades at prestigious festivals, including the Venice International Film Festival, Tokyo International Film Festival, Golden Horse Awards, and Busan International Film Festival. Additionally, he served as the executive producer for Streetwise, which was nominated for the Un Certain Regard Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2021.

Guan is currently working on a new film, Dongji Island, based on a true story of the sinking of the Lisbon Maru during World War II and the heroic Chinese fishermen who risked their lives in an international sea rescue mission. Guan is also writing a new script with a more international perspective, aiming to foster cultural exchange between countries.

Guan Hu will continue to be represented in China by The Seventh Art Pictures (Beijing) Co., Ltd.

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