Cho Jung-rae (born October 15, 1973) is a South Korean

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

. Cho has made three feature films: ''Duresori: The Voice of the East'' (2012), the documentary ''Foulball'' (also known as ''Wonders'', 2015), and the 2016 film ''

Spirits' Homecoming ''Spirits’ Homecoming'' (Korean: 귀향) is a 2016 South Korean period drama film written and directed by Cho Jung-rae. It was released in South Korea on February 24, 2016. Production of the film was halted several times due to financial issues, ...

''. He has also directed about 200

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s and

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s. But the theatrical release had to be delayed because the film had trouble finding a distributor.

Filmography

*''The Boil'' (short film, 2000) -

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*''Duresori: The Voice of the East'' (2012) - director,

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, script editor,

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*''Where Are to Go?'' (2013) - actor *''Foulball'' aka ''Wonders'' (documentary, 2015) - director *''

'' (2016) - director,

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

, producer *''Spirits' Homecoming, Unfinished Story'' (2017) - director *''A Long Way Around'' (2019) - producer *''Sorikkun'' (2020) - director

Awards

*2016 53rd

Grand Bell Awards The Grand Bell Awards (), also known as the Daejong Film Awards, is an awards ceremony presented annually by The Motion Pictures Association of Korea for excellence in film in South Korea. The Grand Bell Awards retains prestige as the oldest co ...

: Best New Director (''

'')

References

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* * * 1973 births Living people South Korean film directors South Korean screenwriters South Korean film producers South Korean male film actors Chung-Ang University alumni Jung-rae {{SouthKorea-film-director-stub