Chang (director)

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Chang
Chang from "Knuckle Girl" at Red Carpet of the Tokyo International Film Festival 2023 (53347962721) (cropped).jpg
Chang in 2023
Born
Yoon Hong-seung

1975 (age 4849)
Occupation(s) Film director,
screenwriter
Korean name
Hangul
윤홍승
Revised Romanization Yun Hong-seung
McCune–Reischauer Yun Hong-sǔng

Yoon Hong-seung (born 1975), who also goes by the pseudonym Chang, is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. A former music video director, Chang debuted with the Korean horror film Death Bell in 2008. His second feature The Target (2014) - a remake of the 2010 French film Point Blank , won the Golden Goblet Award at the Shanghai International Film Festival, and was also invited to the Cannes Film Festival and Busan International Film Festival in 2014. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Filmography

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References

  1. "CHANG". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
  2. Bechervaise, Jason (7 May 2014). "In Focus: The Target". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
  3. Lee, Eun-sun (15 May 2014). "Family matters a focus in Yoon's action film". Korea JoongAng Daily . Retrieved 2015-10-19.
  4. Cremin, Stephen (22 May 2014). "Chang and Kim Seong-ryeong on Target". Film Business Asia . Archived from the original on 2014-05-27. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
  5. Sunwoo, Carla (2012-05-04). "Song Seung-hun to present fans with a short film at the fan meet". Korea JoongAng Daily . Archived from the original on 2012-06-26. Retrieved 2015-11-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)