Choi Dong-hoon

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Choi Dong-hoon
Born 1971 (age 42–43)
Jeonju, South Korea
Education Sogang University - B.A. in Korean Language and Literature
Korean Academy of Film Arts - Filmmaking
Occupation Film director, screenwriter
Years active 1998-present
Spouse(s) Ahn Soo-hyun (film producer)
Korean name
Hangul 최동훈
Revised Romanization Choi Dong-hun
McCune–Reischauer Ch‘oe Tong-hun

Choi Dong-hoon (Hangul: 최동훈; born 1971) is a South Korean film director. He ranks as one of the most consistently successful directors working in contemporary Korean cinema, with all four of his films becoming commercial hits -- The Big Swindle attracted 2.12 million viewers, Tazza: The High Rollers had 5.68 million, Jeon Woo Chi sold 6.13 million tickets at the box office, and The Thieves is at 12.9 million.[1]

Career

After graduating from the prestigious Korean Academy of Film Arts, Choi Dong-hoon first worked as an assistant director on Im Sang-soo's Tears (he subsequently appeared in acting cameos in several of Im's films).[2]

After working on the screenplay for two years, Choi made his feature film directorial debut in 2004 with The Big Swindle and single-handedly re-imagined the heist and crime thriller genre into something uniquely Korean.

His follow-up Tazza: The High Rollers, a gambling flick adapted from Huh Young-man and Kim Se-yeong's manhwa, was the third highest grossing Korean film of 2006, and producer/SidusFNH CEO Cha Seung-jae praised Choi as "a genius storyteller for his spectacular ability to develop elaborate stories."

2009’s Jeon Woo Chi was lauded as the first Korean fantasy/superhero blockbuster movie, earning Choi a reputation as an artistically innovative and commercially successful writer-director.[3]

He returned to the heist genre in 2012 with the star-studded crime caper The Thieves,[4] which attracted almost 13 million viewers in 70 days to become the second all-time highest grossing movie in Korean film history.[1][5][6][7] Tazza and Thieves leading lady Kim Hye-soo described him as "a genius who also works extremely hard. I think he knows who he is, the exact kind of films that he wants to make, and how to make them."[2]

Filmography

Awards

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "'The Thieves' Takes Box Office by Storm with Nearly 10 Million Viewers". The Chosun Ilbo. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-21. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lee, Claire (21 August 2012). "Newsmaker: Director Choi Dong-hun steals show with ‘The Thieves’". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2012-11-21. 
  3. ↑ "CHOI Dong-hoon". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2012-06-27. 
  4. ↑ "The Caper Film King Is Back with The Thieves - CHOI DONG-HOON". Korean Cinema Today. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-21. 
  5. ↑ Kwaak, Je-yup (23 July 2012). "'Actor and director are like husband and wife'". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2012-11-21. 
  6. ↑ Cho, Jae-eun (13 June 2012). "‘The Thieves’ all-star cast set to steal show". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2012-11-21. 
  7. ↑ "‘The Thieves’ now 2nd top-selling Korean film". The Korea Herald. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-21. 

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Choi Dong-hoon filmography
Films directed
2000s
2010s
Shorts
  • Dilemma 98 (1998)
  • A Short Trip (2000)
Screenplay only
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