Kwon Hyung-jin

Kwon Hyung-jin (born 1964) is a South Korean film director. Kwon debuted with For Horowitz (2006), which won Best New Director at the 44th Grand Bell Awards, including nominations for Best Music, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Sound and Best Actress,[1][2] and was also nominated for Asia New Talent Award at the 10th Shanghai International Film Festival in 2007.[3]

In this Korean name, the family name is Kwon.
Kwon Hyung-jin
Born1964 (age 56–57)
South Korea
Alma materDongguk University
OccupationFilm director
Korean name
Hangul
Revised RomanizationGwon Hyeong-jin
McCune–ReischauerKwŏn Hyŏng-chin

His second feature is the thriller Truck (2008) which Kwon claims his intent was to focus on capturing the emotions and actions of a character in an extreme situation.[1]

Having proven his talent in creating sad movies about a child and adult through For Horowitz, Kwon effectively brought out the tears again in Wedding Dress (2010) about a mother who will soon die and her young daughter and starred Kim Hyang-gi and Song Yun-ah.[4]

His second thriller Deep Trap (2015) won Best Film Award in the Orient Express section at the Fantasporto in 2016.[5]

Filmography

Awards

References
  1. "KWON Hyung-jin". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
  2. Paquet, Darcy (10 June 2007). "Koreans make Grand gesture". Variety. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
  3. D'Sa, Nigel (13 June 2007). "8 Korean Films Screen at China's Top Fest". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
  4. Lee, Ji-hye; Choi, Ji-eun (15 January 2010). "[PREVIEW] Movie "Wedding Dress"". 10Asia. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
  5. Conran, Pierce (22 March 2016). "DEEP TRAP Earns Best Asian Film at Fantasporto". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2016-06-05.


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