Jin Mo-young

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Jin Mo-young
Born
South Korea
Occupation Documentary filmmaker
Years active1997-present
Korean name
Hangul
진모영
RR Jin Moyeong
MR Chin Moyŏng

Jin Mo-young is a South Korean documentary filmmaker. He directed My Love, Don't Cross That River (2014).

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Career

Jin Mo-young has been directing and producing television documentaries since 1997. [1] In 2012, he produced the feature film Shiva, Throw Your Life (directed by Lee Seong-kyu). [2]

Jin made his feature directorial debut in 2014 with My Love, Don't Cross That River , about 98-year-old Jo Byeong-man and 89-year-old Kang Kye-yeol, who'd been married for 76 years. [3] Jin filmed the elderly couple in their mountain village home in Hoengseong County, Gangwon Province for 15 months, until Jo's death. [1] My Love, Don't Cross That River won the Audience Award at the 2014 DMZ International Documentary Film Festival and Best Independent Film at the 2015 KOFRA Film Awards. [4] The film was a surprise hit at the box office, drawing 4.64 million admissions to become the highest grossing Korean independent/documentary film of all time. [5] [6] [7] [8] Jin said, "I tried to shoot the lifelong love of the couple without affectation. [...] Life and death has great meaning. Since I wanted to produce content that could be widely consumed, I though the story was global and could move the hearts of everyone. [...] I didn't expect the response to be this strong. It appears that people from all age groups feel moved by the film. I think it's because it makes people realize what enduring love is about." [9] [10] [1]

Jin is currently filming his next project Outsider about North Korean defectors, which he calls "a story about a family on the borderline between being native and alien." [1]

Filmography

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Lee, Sook-myung (5 January 2015). "JIN Mo-young, Director of MY LOVE, DON'T CROSS THAT RIVER: "There's no need to be caught up in film scores"". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  2. ↑ "JIN Mo-young". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  3. ↑ Ahn, Sung-mi (15 December 2014). "Gray-haired lovers become cinema hit". The Korea Herald . Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  4. ↑ "Han Gong-ju picked as best film of 2014 by Korean film reporters". The Korea Herald . 16 January 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  5. ↑ Sung, So-young (13 December 2014). "Documentary tops box office". Korea JoongAng Daily . Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  6. ↑ "Heart-Rending Documentary Rewrites Box Office History". The Dong-A Ilbo . 15 December 2014. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  7. ↑ "Indie Documentary Breaks Box-Office Records". The Dong-A Ilbo . 26 December 2014. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  8. ↑ Sonia Kil (6 February 2015). "Berlin: Demographics, Technology Favor the Revival of South Korean Indie Films". Variety . Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  9. ↑ Baek, Byung-yeul (14 December 2014). "Korean docu film tops box office, beats Interstellar, Exodus". The Korea Times . Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  10. ↑ Yim, Ju-ri; Go, Seok-hee (18 December 2014). "Film on elderly couple a surprise hit". Korea Joongang Daily . Retrieved 2015-05-03.


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