No Zin-soo

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No Zin-soo
Born (1970-03-09) 9 March 1970 (age 54)
Alma mater Yeungnam University
Occupation(s) Film director
screenwriter
Korean name
Hangul
노진수
Revised Romanization No Jin-su
McCune–Reischauer No Chin-su

No Zin-soo (born March 9, 1970) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. [1] [2]

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Career

Born in Daegu in 1970, No Zin-soo majored in Korean Language and Literature at the Yeungnam University. He was involved in commercial film productions before he made his first feature-length debut with Da Capo (2007) and was invited to the 8th Jeonju International Film Festival. His second feature Norwegian Woods (2010) was invited to the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival 2009 and the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in 2010. [1] [3]

No is noted for his unique directing style with films of different genre types. [3]

Filmography

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