Choi Dong-hoon is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He ranks as one of the most consistently successful directors working in contemporary Korean cinema, with all first five of his films becoming commercial hits -- The Big Swindle attracted 2.12 million viewers, Tazza: The High Rollers at 6.84 million, Jeon Woo-chi: The Taoist Wizard at 6.13 million, The Thieves at 12.9 million, and Assassination at 12.7 million.
Lee Sung-gang is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He is recognized for the lyricism in his animated films, the best known of which are My Beautiful Girl, Mari (2002) and Yobi, the Five Tailed Fox (2007).
Jung Ji-woo is a South Korean film director. He is best known for his films Happy End (1999) and A Muse (2012).
Yim Pil-sung is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He wrote and directed Antarctic Journal (2005), Hansel and Gretel (2007), and Scarlet Innocence (2014).
Yoon Jong-chan is a South Korean film director. He directed Sorum (2001), Blue Swallow (2005), I Am Happy (2009) and My Paparotti (2013).
Park Chan-ok is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. She wrote and directed Jealousy Is My Middle Name (2003) and Paju (2009).
Zhang Lü is a Chinese filmmaker. Zhang was originally a novelist before embarking on a career in cinema. His arthouse films have mostly focused on the disenfranchised, particularly ethnic Koreans living in China; these include Grain in Ear (2006), Desert Dream (2007), Dooman River (2011), Scenery (2013), and Gyeongju (2014).
Cho Chang-ho is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Cho wrote and directed The Peter Pan Formula (2006) and Lovers Vanished (2010).
Lee Su-jin is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. His first feature was the award-winning Han Gong-ju (2014).
Yoon Sung-hyun is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Yoon's directorial debut, a graduation project, Bleak Night received rave reviews and won several Best New Director awards at the 48th Grand Bell Awards, 32nd Blue Dragon Film Awards and 12th Busan Film Critics Awards.
Kim Myeong-joon is a South Korean film director and cinematographer. Kim's directorial feature film Our School (2007), a documentary about the lives of ethnic Korean students in Japan, won the BIFF Mecenat Award for best documentary at the 2006 Busan International Film Festival and the Kim Yong-gun Memorial Society prize in 2008. His latest baseball-themed documentary Strangers on the Field (2015), which also focused on Koreans that have grown up in Japan, debuted at the 19th Busan International Film Festival in 2014.
Choi Jin-sung is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Choi's works reveal aspects of Korean society that have been marginalized by the country's strong waves of economic development, including FuckUmentary (2001), Camellia Project (2005), Reservoir Dogs Take 1: South-han River (2010), Reservoir Dogs Take 2: Nakdong River (2011) and Jam Docu GANGJEONG (2011).
Kim Kih-hoon is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Kim's first theatrical film The Mode of Disappearance (2005), tells the story of a man who one day finds his face has changed unrecognizably. The film debuted at the Busan International Film Festival and was invited to other major short film festivals including the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France where it was highly received. His directorial feature debut The Boy from Ipanema (2010), won the Audience Critic's Award and Movie Collage Award at the 11th Jeonju International Film Festival in 2010. Currently working on his latest work Trot (2015), it will star Ahn Sung-ki and Joo Sang-wook.
Kim Hak-soon is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Kim wrote and directed the naval thriller film Northern Limit Line (2015) which depicts a real-life naval skirmish with North Korea in June 2002. It drew more than 6 million viewers 29 days after its release on June 24, 2015, making it one of the top-grossing film in 2015.
Cho Ui-seok is a South Korean film director and screenwriter.
Jang Kun-jae is a South Korean film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. Jang debuted with Eighteen (2010) which won the grand prize win as part of the 2009 Vancouver International Film Festival's Dragons and Tigers Award. His second feature Sleepless Night (2013) picked up JJ-Star Award and JIFF Audience Award at the 2012 Jeonju International Film Festival. His third feature A Midsummer's Fantasia (2015) received several nominations, including Best Director and Best Screenplay at the 3rd Wildflower Film Awards.
Joh Keun-shik is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Joh debuted with Conduct Zero (2002), a creative and interesting comedy, as well as a box-office hit. His second feature Once in a Summer (2006), which displays his nostalgia and warm approach to directing, clinched Best Film, Best Director and Best Supporting Actor at the 15th Chunsa Film Art Awards in 2007.
Worst Woman is a 2016 South Korean romance melodrama film starring Han Ye-ri, Ryo Iwase, Lee Hee-joon and Kwon Yul. A feature debut by Kim Jong-kwan, it depicts the romantic encounters of a young woman and three different men she meets in a day. It made its debut at the 17th Jeonju International Film Festival and received the FIRESCI Award at the 38th Moscow International Film Festival in 2016.
Jung Byung-gil is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Jung was trained at the Seoul Action School. He graduated from Chung-Ang University, majoring in film, before making his directorial debut with a documentary about stuntmen, Action Boys, in 2008. Jung gained international recognition with the action thriller The Villainess, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2017. He is set to make his Hollywood debut with Afterburn, an adaptation of the comic of the same name, starring Gerard Butler.
Bang Jun-seok was a South Korean film score composer and music director. He was also a member of the experimental band U&Me Blue.
