Jo Sung-hee

Korean spelling
Hangeul	조성희
Revised Romanization	Jo Seung-hui
McCune- Reischauer	Cho Sŏnghŭi
See also : Korean name

Jo Sung-hee (* 1979 ) is a South Korean film director .

Life

Jo Sung-hee studied at the Korean Academy of Film Arts . In 2010 his graduation film End of Animal , starring Lee Min-ji and Park Hae-il , was released. This received great critical acclaim in South Korea and internationally during its festival run. In Germany the film is distributed by Rapid Eye Movies .

Published in 2012 with Jo A Werewolf Boy his first commercial film, a fantasy - romance with Song Joong-ki and Park Bo-young . The film is set in a small town in Korea in the 1960s, in which a young girl finds an animal boy who can neither read nor speak. She teaches him human behavior. The film celebrated its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and reached more than seven million moviegoers in South Korea. Jo won the Baeksang Arts Award for Best New Director .

In 2015, Jo released the genre mix Phantom Detective . In the summer of 2020, Space Sweepers, the first South Korean space opera, will be released, with Song Joong-ki and Kim Tae-ri in the lead roles.

Filmography

• 2009: Members of the Funeral ( 장례식 의 멤버 )
• 2009: Don't Step Out of the House ( 남매 의 집 Nammae-ui Jip )
• 2010: Sasageongeon ( 사사건건 , episode film)
• 2010: End of Animal ( 짐승 의 끝 Jimseung-ui Kkeut )
• 2012: A Werewolf Boy ( 늑대 소년 Neukdaesonyeon )
• 2015: Phantom Detective ( 탐정 홍길동: 사라진 마을 )

Web links

• Jo Sung-hee in theInternet Movie Database(English)
• Jo Sung-hee in the Movie Database
• Jo Sung-hee in the Korean Movie Database
• Jo Sung-hee on HanCinema

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ji Yong-jin: RYU Seung-ryong Wins Grand Prize at Baeksang Arts Awards. In: Korean Film Biz Zone. KOFIC , May 13, 2013, accessed May 30, 2020 (English). 

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. So Jo is the family name here, Sung-hee is the first name.