Jang Joon-hwan

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Korean spelling
Hangeul 장준환
Revised
Romanization 		Jang Jun-hwan
McCune-
Reischauer 		Chang Chunhwan

Jang Joon-hwan (born January 18, 1970 in Jeonju , North Jeolla , South Korea ) is a South Korean film director .

Life

He made his directorial debut with the short film 2001 Imagine ( 2001 이매진 ) in 1994 as a graduation film at the Korean Academy of Film Arts . Previously, he graduated from Sungkyunkwan University with a degree in English Language and Literature .

Jang wrote the script for the 1999 film Phantom: The Submarine together with Bong Joon-ho . He became known with his film Save the Green Planet in 2003. The film received positive reviews, screened at numerous film festivals and developed cult status . The film received the Silver George at the 25th Moscow Film Festival and the Golden Raven at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival . Jang won the Blue Dragon Award and the Busan Film Critics Award for Best New Director .

After making two other short films, he released his second feature film in 2013, Hwayi: A Monster Boy . In 2017, his third film was the political thriller 1987 . This is about the democracy movement and the June uprising in 1987 , received positive reviews, numerous awards and attracted 7.2 million visitors to South Korea's cinemas.

Jang has been married to actress Moon So-ri since 2006 . In 2011 she gave birth to a daughter. In 2017, Jang made a cameo in Moon So-ri's film The Running Actress .

Filmography

  • 1994: 2001 Imagine ( 2001 이매진 , short film)
  • 1999: Phantom: The Submarine ( 유령 , screenplay)
  • 2003: Save the Green Planet ( 지구 를 지켜라! )
  • 2004: Teol ( 털 , short film)
  • 2013: Hwayi: A Monster Boy ( 화이: 괴물 을 삼킨 아이 )
  • 2017: 1987

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 25th Moscow International Film Festival (2003) . In: MIFF . Archived from the original on April 3, 2013. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  2. ↑ 문소리 "엄마 됐어요" .. 첫 딸 순산. In: Cine21. August 4, 2011, Retrieved November 1, 2019 (Korean).
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Jang is the family name here, Joon-hwan is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Jang, Joon-hwan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 장준환 (Hangeul); Jang, Jun-hwan (revised Romanization); Chang Chunhwan (McCune-Reischauer)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Korean film director
DATE OF BIRTH January 18, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Jeonju , South Korea