Jeon Kyu-hwan

In this Korean name, the family name is Jeon.
Jeon Kyu-hwan
Jeon in 2010
Born1965 (age 58–59)
South Korea
Occupation(s)Film director
screenwriter
Korean name
Hangul
전규환
Revised RomanizationJeon Gyuhwan
McCune–ReischauerChŏn Kyuhwan

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.[1][2]

Career

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.[3][4]

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.[5][6]

Kyu-hwan being felicitated at IFFI (2015)

Filmography

  • Mozart Town (2008)
  • Animal Town (2009)
  • Dance Town (2010)
  • From Seoul to Varanasi (2011)
  • 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero (collection of one-minute shorts created by 60 filmmakers)
  • The Weight (2012)
  • My Boy (2013)[7]
  • Angry Painter (2015)
  • Supsogui bubu (lit. 'A couple in the forest', 2017)

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b Conran, Pierce (November 28, 2012). "THE WEIGHT Picks Up Best Director at Black Nights Film Festival". Korean Film Biz Zone. Archived from the original on January 5, 2017. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  2. ^ a b Conran, Pierce (December 4, 2012). "JEON Kyu-hwan Triumphs Again". Korean Film Biz Zone. Archived from the original on September 13, 2016. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  3. ^ "JEON Kyu-hwan". Korean Film Biz Zone. Archived from the original on July 5, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  4. ^ Lee, Yong-cheol (September 8, 2011). "Searching for new cinema". Korean Film Biz Zone. Archived from the original on January 5, 2017. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  5. ^ "Queer Lion 2012 goes to the extreme film The Weight". Venice Days. September 7, 2012. Archived from the original on January 5, 2017. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  6. ^ Suk, Monica (September 12, 2012). "Award-winning Korean film The Weight goes to Busan Int'l Film Festival". 10Asia. Archived from the original on January 5, 2017. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  7. ^ Kang, Myoung-seok; Choi, Ji-eun (November 8, 2012). "The Weight director Jeon Kyu-hwan to Present New Humandrama Pic Next Year". 10Asia. Archived from the original on January 5, 2017. Retrieved January 5, 2017.