Gu You

Known for

Directing

Born

August 11, 1988

Birthplace

Hangzhou，Zhejiang Province，China

Original name: Gu Xiaogang. A native of Fuyang, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, born in Jiangyin City, Jiangsu Province in 1988, graduated from Zhejiang Sci-Tech University in 2012 with a major in fashion design and marketing. He loves painting, film, and other arts. As a junior, he became obsessed with movies and began independent image creation, documentary filming, and advertising, A short story, and then participated in the tenth issue of Li Xianting Film Academy in Songzhuang. His main works include documentaries "Planting Life" and "The Believers". He currently lives in Beijing and studied in the director department of Beijing Film Academy. The planned long-roll film "A Thousand Miles of the East", the first volume of "Spring River Plumbing" was filmed in four seasons in two years, and was selected as the "Critics Week" at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival and was selected as the closing film.