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Hu Bo

Born July 20, 1988 · Jinan, China

Died October 12, 2017 · aged 29

Hu Bo (July 20, 1988 – October 12, 2017), also known by his pen name Hu Qian, was a Chinese novelist and film director, best known for his only feature film An Elephant Sitting Still (2018), which garnered widespread praise from critics. He died by suicide on 12 October 2017 at the age of 29, soon after he finished that film.

Known For

An Elephant Sitting Still

An Elephant Sitting Still · 2018

An Elephant Sitting Still

In the northern Chinese city of Manzhouli, they say there is an elephant that simply sits and ignores the world. Manzhouli becomes an obsession for the protagonists of this film, a longed-for escape from the downward spiral in which they find themselves.

Night Runner

Night Runner · 2014

MovieDramaCrime

This early work of Hu Bo (director of An Elephant Sitting Still (2018)) was his graduation work at Beijing Film Academy. It features the self-redemption of a lumbago sufferer, which is a metaphor.

Coal Iron

Coal Iron · 2010

A girl at the counter and a young man eating his food watching a movie expressionlessly at a small restaurant, until a woman enters with no intent to order before a middle-aged man enters as well.

To Cordoba

To Cordoba · 2012

A sick, middle-aged man gets on a train bound for Tianjin. A young man told him that this train could take him to Córdoba, or anywhere...

Man in the Well

Man in the Well · 2016

Man in the Well

MovieDramaScience Fiction

Two starving kids find a dead body in the ruins during the apocalypse.

The Person Who Steals Milk

The Person Who Steals Milk · 2013

The Person Who Steals Milk

The milk ordered by a man's family is always being stolen. He doesn't know who to blame. Could it be the pregnant woman who is always smoking, the dirty homeless man, or the kid with the toddler tiger hat?

The Unparalleled Black & White

The Unparalleled Black & White · 2015

The Unparalleled Black & White

SeriesAnimationComedy

A story about two young demons who are always slacking off at work, a place that happens to be an organization that vows to keep the balance between the worlds of the living and dead by killing humans!

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An Elephant Sitting Still

An Elephant Sitting Still · 2018

An Elephant Sitting Still

In the northern Chinese city of Manzhouli, they say there is an elephant that simply sits and ignores the world. Manzhouli becomes an obsession for the protagonists of this film, a longed-for escape from the downward spiral in which they find themselves.

Director

Night Runner

Night Runner · 2014

MovieDramaCrime

This early work of Hu Bo (director of An Elephant Sitting Still (2018)) was his graduation work at Beijing Film Academy. It features the self-redemption of a lumbago sufferer, which is a metaphor.

Director

Coal Iron

Coal Iron · 2010

A girl at the counter and a young man eating his food watching a movie expressionlessly at a small restaurant, until a woman enters with no intent to order before a middle-aged man enters as well.

Director

To Cordoba

To Cordoba · 2012

A sick, middle-aged man gets on a train bound for Tianjin. A young man told him that this train could take him to Córdoba, or anywhere...

Director

Man in the Well

Man in the Well · 2016

Man in the Well

MovieDramaScience Fiction

Two starving kids find a dead body in the ruins during the apocalypse.

Editor

The Person Who Steals Milk

The Person Who Steals Milk · 2013

The Person Who Steals Milk

The milk ordered by a man's family is always being stolen. He doesn't know who to blame. Could it be the pregnant woman who is always smoking, the dirty homeless man, or the kid with the toddler tiger hat?

Writer

The Unparalleled Black & White

The Unparalleled Black & White · 2015

The Unparalleled Black & White

SeriesAnimationComedy

A story about two young demons who are always slacking off at work, a place that happens to be an organization that vows to keep the balance between the worlds of the living and dead by killing humans!

Art Designer