Choo Chang-min | |
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 Choo in March 2018 | |
| Born | 1966 (age 57–58) |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 추창민 |
| Revised Romanization | Chu Changmin |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch‘u Ch‘ang |
Choo Chang-min (born 1966) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. His 2012 period film Masquerade became one of the top-grossing Korean films of all time.
Choo Chang-min began his career as an assistant director on such films as City of the Rising Sun (1999) and The Happy Funeral Director (2000). His first short film, The End of April (2000), was highly acclaimed at several international film festivals. Choo made his feature film debut with hit comedy Mapado: Island of Fortunes (2005). [1]
Choo then directed the Sol Kyung-gu-Song Yun-ah melodrama Lost in Love (2006), [2] [3] followed by the senior citizen romance Late Blossom (2011) which became a sleeper hit through word of mouth after it was released. [4] His period film Masquerade (2012) was a huge critical and commercial success, for which Choo won Best Director at the prestigious Grand Bell Awards and the Baeksang Arts Awards. [5] [6] [7]
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
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| 2012 | 49th Grand Bell Awards | Best Film | Masquerade | Won |
| Best Director | Won | |||
| 33rd Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Film | Nominated | ||
| Best Director | Nominated | |||
| 2013 | 49th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Film | Won | |
| Best Director | Won | |||
| 22nd Buil Film Awards | Best Film | Nominated | ||
| Best Director | Nominated |
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