Frant Gwo | |||||||||
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| 郭帆 | |||||||||
 Gwo at the 36th Golden Rooster Awards Ceremony | |||||||||
| Born | Guo Fan 15 December 1980 | ||||||||
| Alma mater | Hainan University, Beijing Film Academy | ||||||||
| Occupation | Filmmaker | ||||||||
| Notable work | My Old Classmate, The Wandering Earth | ||||||||
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| Chinese | 郭帆 | ||||||||
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Guo Fan (Chinese: 郭帆; pinyin: Guō Fān; born 15 September 1980), credited as Frant Gwo in Latin script, is a Chinese filmmaker. Gwo debuted as a director in 2011 with the film Lee's Adventure, and then directed the box-office hit My Old Classmate in 2014. In 2019, he directed China's first big-budget science fiction film, The Wandering Earth, which became one of the highest-grossing Chinese films of all time, garnering national acclaim. Its sequel, The Wandering Earth 2, was first released in China globally on 22 January 2023.