Cho Geun-hyun

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Cho Geun-hyun
Born
Occupation(s) Art director
film director
Korean name
Hangul
조근현
Revised Romanization Jo Geun-hyeon
McCune–Reischauer Cho Kǔn-hyŏn

Cho Geun-hyun is a South Korean art director and film director. His directorial debut, the hit drama thriller 26 Years (2012) with over 2.9 million admissions, was voted Best Korean Film by Twitter users held by KOFIC in December 2012. He was internationally recognized for his second feature Late Spring (2014), which won a total of six awards, including Best Foreign Feature at the 23rd Arizona International Film Festival, Best Film at the 14th Milan International Film Festival Awards and Best Asian Narrative Film at the 13th Asian Film Festival of Dallas in 2014. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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Filmography

As art director

As film director

Art department

Awards

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