Kwak Sin-ae | |
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Born | |
Nationality | South Korean |
Occupation | Film producer |
Spouse | Jung Ji-woo |
Relatives | Kwak Kyung-taek (brother) |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 곽신애 |
Revised Romanization | Gwak Sin-ae |
McCune–Reischauer | Kwak Shin-ae |
Kwak Sin-ae (born 23 October 1968) is a South Korean film producer who is the CEO of the Seoul-based Barunson Entertainment & Arts Corporation, best known as a producer of the 2019 film Parasite. [1] [2] She and Bong Joon-ho won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 92nd Academy Awards [3] for Parasite, which also received the award for Best Feature Film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, and was nominated for Best Film at the 73rd British Academy Film Awards. [4] [5] [6]
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