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Jeon Kyu-hwan

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South Korean film director and screenwriter

In thisKorean name, the family name isJeon.
Jeon Kyu-hwan
Jeon in 2010
Born1965 (age 59–60)
Occupation(s)Film director
screenwriter
Korean name
Hangul
전규환
Revised RomanizationJeon Gyuhwan
McCune–ReischauerChŏn Kyuhwan

Jeon Kyu-hwan (Korean: 전규환,Korean pronunciation:[tɕʌnɡjuɸʷan]; born 1965) is a South Koreanfilm director andscreenwriter. Besides being the first Korean film to win the 2012Queer Lion at the69th Venice International Film Festival,The Weight (2012) also won various awards at film festivals, including Best Director at the 16thTallinn Black Nights Film Festival and Silver Peacock Award for best director at the 43rdInternational Film Festival of India in 2012.[1][2]

Career

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Jeon started his career in a talent management company as a manager for actors such asCho Jae-hyun andSul Kyung-gu, before making his directorial feature debut withMozart Town (2008), followed byAnimal Town (2009) andDance Town (2010). These films formed the 'town trilogy' that shed light on the scars that city leaves on the people living in it and vice versa.[3][4]

InFrom Seoul to Varanasi (2011), he experimented with melodrama genre and shot the film in India after being fascinated by the country when he was there to attend a film festival.

The Weight (2012), about a hunchback mortician and his transgender stepsister, won the 2012Queer Lion, an award for the "best film with a homosexual and queer culture theme" at the69th Venice International Film Festival. It is also the first Korean film to win the prize.[5][6]

Kyu-hwan being felicitated atIFFI (2015)

Filmography

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  • Mozart Town (2008)
  • Animal Town (2009)
  • Dance Town (2010)
  • From Seoul to Varanasi (2011)
  • 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero (collection of one-minute shorts created by 60 filmmakers)
  • The Weight (2012)
  • My Boy (2013)[7]
  • Angry Painter (2015)
  • Supsogui bubu (lit. 'A couple in the forest', 2017)

Awards

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References

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  1. ^abConran, Pierce (November 28, 2012)."THE WEIGHT Picks Up Best Director at Black Nights Film Festival".Korean Film Biz Zone.Archived from the original on January 5, 2017. RetrievedJanuary 5, 2017.
  2. ^abConran, Pierce (December 4, 2012)."JEON Kyu-hwan Triumphs Again".Korean Film Biz Zone.Archived from the original on September 13, 2016. RetrievedJanuary 5, 2017.
  3. ^"JEON Kyu-hwan".Korean Film Biz Zone.Archived from the original on July 5, 2015. RetrievedJanuary 5, 2017.
  4. ^Lee, Yong-cheol (September 8, 2011)."Searching for new cinema".Korean Film Biz Zone.Archived from the original on January 5, 2017. RetrievedJanuary 5, 2017.
  5. ^"Queer Lion 2012 goes to the extreme film The Weight".Venice Days. September 7, 2012.Archived from the original on January 5, 2017. RetrievedJanuary 5, 2017.
  6. ^Suk, Monica (September 12, 2012)."Award-winning Korean filmThe Weight goes to Busan Int'l Film Festival".10Asia.Archived from the original on January 5, 2017. RetrievedJanuary 5, 2017.
  7. ^Kang, Myoung-seok; Choi, Ji-eun (November 8, 2012)."The Weight director Jeon Kyu-hwan to Present New Humandrama Pic Next Year".10Asia.Archived from the original on January 5, 2017. RetrievedJanuary 5, 2017.

External links

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2000–2008 (IFFI Most Promising Asian Director Award)
2000–Present (IFFI Best Director Award)
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