Jeong Yoon-cheol

In this Korean name, the family name is Jeong .

Jeong Yoon-cheol
정윤철
Born	(1971-05-14) 14 May 1971 (age 53) Seoul, South Korea
Alma mater	School of Film and Theater at Hanyang University
Years active	1999–present
Korean name
Hangul	정윤철
Hanja	鄭胤澈
Revised Romanization	Jeong Yuncheol
McCune–Reischauer	Chŏng Yunch'ŏl

Jeong Yoon-cheol (born May 14, 1971) is a South Korean film director. He is known for his film Marathon.

Career

Jeong graduated from School of Film and Theater at Hanyang University. After his successful directorial debut with short film Memorial Picture, he was selected as a member of MAMPIST and studied film editing at the Australian Film Television and Radio School. His short film Hibernation was invited to the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival in 1999 and won Best Director Award at the Shinyoung Film Festival.

In 2005 his heart-warming feature debut Marathon about an autistic athlete was a huge hit in Korea. His next movie was the comedy Shim's Family.

Filmography as director

• Marathon (2005) ^{[1] [2]}
• Skeletons in the Closet aka Shim's Family (2007)
• Third Gaze  [ ko ]
• Isn't It Good  [ ko ]
• A Man Who Was Superman (2008) ^[3]
• Warriors of the Dawn (2017) ^[4]

Award

Year	Award	Category	Recipients	Result	Ref.
1997	4th Seoul Short Film Festival	Best Film Award	Memorial Picture	Won
2000	Shinyoung Film Festival	Best Director Award	Hibernation	Won
2005	41st Baeksang Arts Awards	Grand Prize (Daesang)	Marathon	Won
		Best Film		Nominated
		Best Screenplay		Won
		Best New Director		Nominated
	13th Chunsa Film Art Awards	Best New Director		Won
	42nd Grand Bell Awards	Best Film		Won	[5]
		Best New Director		Won
		Best Screenplay		Won
	26th Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best Film		Nominated	[6]
		Best New Director		Won
		Best Screenplay		Nominated
	4th Korean Film Awards	Best Film		Nominated
		Best Screenplay		Nominated
		Best New Director		Nominated
	8th Director's Cut Awards			Won
	Korea Disabled People Human's Rights Award	Culture and Arts		Won	[7]
	The 25th Korean Film Critics Association Awards	Top 10 Film Awards		Won
	28th Golden Cinematography Awards	New Director Award		Won
	The 15th Korea Catholic Media Awards	Film		Won
2006	Today's Young Artist Awards	Film		Won

References

1. Yang, Sung-jin (January 19, 2005). "Cho Seung-woo shines in Running Boy". The Korea Herald . Archived from the original on 2023-05-11. Retrieved 2013-08-25.
2. Lee, Seung-jae (January 26, 2005). "Marathon or Mal-ah-ton". The Dong-A Ilbo . Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2013-08-25.
3. "A Man Who Was Superman". filmbor.com. Archived from the original on May 15, 2023. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
4. "Yeo Jin-goo, Lee Jung-jae cast as prince, army leader in upcoming period flick". 2016-08-25. Archived from the original on 2017-07-31. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
5. "Marathon - Awards" Archived 2013-05-25 at the Wayback Machine . Cinemasie. Retrieved 2012-12-17.
6. ""Sympathy for Lady Vengeance" wins Best Picture Award". HanCinema . 30 November 2005. Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
7. '말아톤' 정윤철감독, 장애인인권상 수상. 스타뉴스 (in Korean). 2005-12-03. Retrieved 2023-05-11.

External links

• Jeong Yoon-cheol at IMDb
• Jeong Yoon-cheol at the Korean Movie Database
• Jeong Yoon-cheol at HanCinema