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Jeon Kyu-hwan (b. 1965)

Alias:
Jeon Gyu-hwan
전규환

Birthplace:
South Korea

Born:
January 15, 1965

Biography from TheMovieDB

Jeon Kyu-hwan (Korean: 전규환, Korean pronunciation: [tɕʌnɡjuɸʷan]; born 1965) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Besides being the first Korean film to win the 2012 Queer Lion at the 69th Venice International Film Festival, The Weight (2012) also won various awards at film festivals, including Best Director at the 16th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and Silver Peacock Award for best director at the 43rd International Film Festival of India in 2012.  Jeon started his career in a talent management company as a manager for actors such as Cho Jae-hyun and Sol Kyung-gu, before making his directorial feature debut with Mozart Town (2008), followed by Animal Town (2009) and Dance Town (2010). These films formed the 'town trilogy' that shed light on the scars that city leaves on the people living in it and vice versa.  In From Seoul to Varanasi (2011), he experimented with melodrama genre and shot the film in India after being fascinated by the country when he was there to attend a film festival.  The Weight (2012), about a hunchback mortician and his transgender stepsister, won the 2012 Queer Lion, an award for the "best film with a homosexual and queer culture theme" at the 69th Venice International Film Festival. It is also the first Korean film to win the prize.

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Camera Operator:
2022  Wolves

Director:
2011  60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
2011  Animal Town
2011  Dance Town
2011  Mozart Town
2012  From Seoul to Varanasi
2013  The Weight
2014  My Boy
2015  Angry Painter
2018  The End
2020  Wonderful Woman
2022  Wolves
2024  Lost Horse

Director of Photography:
2011  60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
2011  Animal Town
2011  Dance Town
2011  Mozart Town
2012  From Seoul to Varanasi
2013  The Weight
2014  My Boy
2015  Angry Painter
2018  The End
2020  Wonderful Woman
2022  Wolves
2024  Lost Horse

Editor:
2011  60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
2011  Animal Town
2011  Dance Town
2011  Mozart Town
2012  From Seoul to Varanasi
2013  The Weight
2014  My Boy
2015  Angry Painter
2018  The End
2020  Wonderful Woman
2022  Wolves
2024  Lost Horse

Lighting Manager:
2011  60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
2011  Animal Town
2011  Dance Town
2011  Mozart Town
2012  From Seoul to Varanasi
2013  The Weight
2014  My Boy
2015  Angry Painter
2018  The End
2020  Wonderful Woman
2022  Wolves
2024  Lost Horse

Screenplay:
2011  60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
2011  Animal Town
2011  Dance Town
2011  Mozart Town
2012  From Seoul to Varanasi
2013  The Weight
2014  My Boy
2015  Angry Painter
2018  The End
2020  Wonderful Woman
2022  Wolves
2024  Lost Horse

Writer:
2011  60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
2011  Animal Town
2011  Dance Town
2011  Mozart Town
2012  From Seoul to Varanasi
2013  The Weight
2014  My Boy
2015  Angry Painter
2018  The End
2020  Wonderful Woman
2022  Wolves
2024  Lost Horse

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