Cho Jung-rae

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Cho Jung-rae
Born (1973-10-15) October 15, 1973 (age 50)
Education Chung-Ang University - Film Studies
Occupation Film director
Years active2000-present
Korean name
Hangul
조정래
Revised Romanization Jo Jeong-rae
McCune–Reischauer Cho Chŏngrae

Cho Jung-rae (born October 15, 1973) is a South Korean film director. Cho has made three feature films: Duresori: The Voice of the East (2012), the documentary Foulball (also known as Wonders, 2015), [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] and the 2016 film Spirits' Homecoming . He has also directed about 200 commercials, television documentaries, music videos and short films. [7] [8] [9] But the theatrical release had to be delayed because the film had trouble finding a distributor. [10]

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References

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