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Chin, Won-Suk E, J-Yong Hong, Sangsoo Hur, Jin-Ho Im, Kwon-Taek
Im, Sang-Soo Jang, Hyun-Soo Jang, Jin Jang, Sun-Woo Kang, Woo-Suk
Kim, Ji-Woon Kim, Ki-Duk  Kim, Ki-Young Lee, Changdong Lee, Kwangmo
Lee, Suh-Goon Min, Boung-Hun Moon,Seung-Wook Park, Ki-Hyung Park, Kwang-Choon
Yeo, Kyun-Dong
 
Chin, Won-Suk
 
 
 
 

 

Born in Seoul in 1968,  Chin Won-Suk came to the United States in 1989 to study film at the School of Visual Arts in New York.  While working at a film distribution company in New York he wrote his first screenplay Too Tired To die, which is his directorial debut film.
E, J-Yong
 
 
 
 
 

 

E J-Yong directed many short films including My Mother's Summer, Time in the Mirror.  With his film Homo Videocus he won Prix Recherche and Prix De La Jeunesse at Festival du Court Metrage de Clermont-Ferrand.  He also made the documentary Tales of a City (1994). An Affair is his first feature length film.
Hong, Sangsoo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Born in 1961, he studied film at Chung-Ang University, the California Institute of Art in LA and the Chicago Institute of Art.  In 1996, he made his first feature The Day a Pig Fell into the Well which was critically acclaimed.  The Power of Kangwon Province is his second feature film. 
Hur, Jin-Ho
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Hur studied at the Korean film Academy where he completed the acclaimed short For Kochul.  He worked as first assistant director for two of Park Kwang-Su's features, To the Starry Island and A Single Spark and co-wrote To the Starry islandChristmas in August is his directorial debut. 
Im, Kwon-Taek
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Born in 1936. 
His debut was Farewell, Dooman River! (1962) 
He directed many famous films including The Genealogy (1978), The Hidden Hero (1979), Mandala (1981), Gilsottum (1985), Ticket (1986), The General's Son Series (1990, 1991, 1992), Fly High, Run Far (Kae Byok, 1991), Sopyoje (1993), Surrogate Mother (1986), Adada (1988)The  Taebaek Mountains (1994), Festival (1996), Come Come  Come Upward(1989), and many others.  
Im, Sang-Soo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Born in Seoul in 1962, Im Sang-Soo majored in sociology at Yonsei University, and also studied at the Korea Academy of film Art.  He worked as an assistant director for Kim's War (1994) and screenwriter for The Eternal Empire.  With A Noteworthy Film, he won the Creation Prix at the Korean Motion Picture Promotion Scenario Competition in 1995. Girls' Night Out is his directorial debut. 
Jang, Hyun-Soo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Born in 1959.  Jang Hyun-Soo was a film student at Chung-Ang University and graduated from the Korean Film Academy.  He made his debut with Walking All the Way to Heaven in 1992, which won Grand Bell Awards for the Best New Director, Adaption, and Editing.  His films included Rules of the Game (1994) and Born to Kill (1996).  Scent of a Man is his fourth feature film.
Jang, Jin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Born in Seoul in 1971, Jang Jin graduated from Seoul Art Institute and worked in theater as a playwriter, actor and director.  His prolific playwriting career include Clods, and Taxi Driver. Chunho-dong Old Intersection was awarded at the Chosun Ilbo Literature Competetion in 1995.  The Happenings is his first feature since his film career as a screenwriter with A Hot Roof and Do you Believe in Jazz?
Jang, Sun-Woo
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Born in 1952.  Graduated from Seoul National University.  His film career started as a directorial staff for a production in 1980.  In 1985, he co-directed Seoul Jesus with Sunwoo Wan.  His directorial dubut film was Success Era (1987).  His feature films are Lovers in  Woomuk-Baemi (1990), Hwaomkyung (1993), To You From Me (1995), A Petal (1996) etc.
Kang, Woo-Suk
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

As a director, executive producer and distributor, Kang Woo-Suk has been an important figure in the Korean film industry.  His films deal with social subject matter with a comedic touch, and are noted for their commercial success.  His reputation as a director began with the huge commercial hit of the Two Cops series.  Other films include School Record Isn't Proportional to Happiness and Who Saw the Dragon's Toenails?
Kim, Ji-Woon
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Born in 1964, Kim Ji-Woon has worked for many years in the theater since his theatrical debut Hot Sea.  He began his film career as a screenwriter with Wonderful Seasons in 1997 and next year The Quiet Family was awarded at Cine 21 Scenario Competetion.  The Quiet Family is his directorial dubut film. 
Kim, Ki-Duk
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

After returning to Korea in 1994 from France where he studied painting, Kim Ki-Duk won the Creation Prix from the Scenarist Association with Painter and Prisoner.  The next year, with Illegal Crossing he won Grand Prix at the Korean Motion Picture Promotion Scenario Competition. Crocodile (1996) is his debut film and Birdcage Inn is his third feature film.
Kim, Ki-Young

 

Here is his Web page. 
http://kky.starstage.com
Lee, Changdong

 

Here is his Web page  for  detailed info. 
http://www.cinescope.com/changdong/
Lee, Kwangmo
 
 
 
 
 

 

Born in 1961, Lee Kwangmo majored in English at Korea University and received an MFA from UCLA.  He has written many shorts and feature screenplays.  Spring in My Hometown won the Hartley Merrill Prize for best screenplay in 1995.  He is currently a cinema professor at Chung-Ang University. 
Lee, Suh-Goon
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Born in 1975, Lee Suh-Goon studied film at NYU.  She was involved in Park Chul-Soo's 301,302 as a screenwriter.  With the short film Suicide Party she won the Grand Prize at the Gold Crown Film Festival.  As a youngest woman director in Korea,  Lee Suh-Goon made her feature debut with Rub Love.
Min, Boung-Hun
 
 
 
 

 

Born in 1969, Min Boung-Hun received a BA and MFA from VGIK.  He worked as a cinematographer in such short films as Person (1995) and Portrait (1996).  His graduation project Bee Fly is his directorial debut film.
Moon, Seung-Wook
 
 
 
 
 

 

Moon Seung-Wook became reknowned in Korea with Mother and The Old Plane which won awards at the 1st and 2nd Seoul Short Film Festival.  He studied at Lodz and studied with Krzysztof Kieslowski.  He also made the documentay The Master.  As his first feature, Taekwondo is a reconstruction of The Master
Park, Ki-Hyung
 
 
 
 
 

 

Park Ki-Hyung worked as an assistant director for the films Dead End and The Fox with 9 Tails.  With his short film Great Pretenders in 1996, he won Best Director Award at Gold Crown Film Festival and Best Best Award at LA International Short Film Festival.  Whispering Corridors (1998) is his first feature film.
Park, Kwang-Choon
 
 
 
 

 

A former film student at NYU, Park Kwang-Choon worked as an assistant director for the film The Gingko Bed which experimented with special effects.  After studying New Media in the US, he showed his talent for special effects with his directorial debut The Soul Guardians  
Yeo, Kyun-Dong
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Born in 1958, Yeo Kyun-Dong majored in Philosophy at Seoul National University.  His craft is the pursuit of realism in every part of art.  He made his debut with Out of the World in 1994 and KillerStory is his third film.  His credits include To you From Me as actor and Green Fish as a producer. 
 

 
 
 


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