Jeong Yoon-chul

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Jeong Yoon-chul
Hangul 정윤철
Hanja 鄭胤澈
Revised Romanization Jeong Yun-cheol

Jeong Yun-chul sometimes written "Yoon chul" (b.1971) is a South Korean film director.

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Jeong graduated from School of Film and Theater at Hanyang University. After his successful directorial debut with short film "Memorial Picture", he was selected as a member of MAMPIST and studied film editing at "The Australian Film Television and Radio School". His short film "Hibernation" was invited to the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival in 1999 and won Best Director Award at the "Shinyoung Film Festival".

In 2005 his heart-warming feature debut Marathon (film) about an autistic athlete was a huge hit in Korea. His next movie was the comedy "Shim's Family" (2007).

He is currently working on a remake of John Woo's bloody cult classic "A Better Tomorrow" in a joint production between a Hong Kong and a South Korean film company.

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