Jang Sun-woo
| Korean spelling | |
|---|---|
| Hangeul | 장선우 |
| Hanja | 張善宇 |
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Revised Romanization |
Jang Seon-u |
|
McCune- Reischauer |
Chang Sonu |
Jang Sun-woo (born March 20, 1952 in Seoul ) is a South Korean film director . He is considered a provocateur, a bad boy among Korean filmmakers.
Jang studied anthropology at Seoul National University . During his studies he played in a theater group. In 1980 he was arrested for political activity and was imprisoned for six months. He then became a screenwriter. In 1986 he made his first film with a straw man, from 1988 also officially. His non-commercial independent films have won several awards at home and abroad; Sun won Hwa-om-kyung the Alfred Bauer Prize in 1994 at the Berlin Festival. Lies on the basis of a scandal novel, which had brought the author Jang Jung-Il in prison, was the first Korean post in Venice in 13 years.
His most expensive film Resurrection of the Little Match Girl (2002), however, was a huge flop, the production company Tube Entertainment made so much loss that Tube was taken over by CJ Entertainment to prevent bankruptcy.
Filmography
- 1986: Jesus Christ in Seoul ( 서울 황제 Seoul Hwangje )
- 1988: The Age of Success
- 1990: The Love of Woomookbaime
- 1992: The Road to the Race Track
- 1993: Passage to Buddha (Hwaomkyung)
- 1994: To You From Me
- 1995: Cinema on the Road
- 1996: A Petal (Ggotip)
- 1997: Indian Fetish Cult (Chi fei zhou)
- 1998: Timeless, Bottomless, Bad Movie
- 1999: Lies - Lust and Lies
- 2002: Resurrection of the Little Match Girl
Web links
- Jang Sun-woo in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Jang Sun-woo in the Korean Movie Database
- Cinekorea article ( Memento of February 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- Review of Timeless bottomless.
- Interview (English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jang, Sun-woo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 장선우 (Korean) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South Korean director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 20, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Seoul |