Choi Jin-sung (born 1975) is a South Korean

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and

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. Choi's works reveal aspects of Korean society that have been marginalized by the country's strong waves of economic development, including ''FuckUmentary'' (2001), ''Camellia Project'' (2005), ''Reservoir Dogs Take 1: South-han River (with Windy City)'' (2010), ''Reservoir Dogs Take 2: Nakdong River (with Bard & Jung Mina)'' (2011) and ''Jam Docu GANGJEONG'' (2011). He also directed the documentary film ''

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'' (2012) which follows 32

SM Town SM Town (stylized as SMTOWN) is a musical collective for the recording artists under South Korean entertainment company SM Entertainment. SM Town artists have performed at the annual SM Town Live world tours since the SM Town Live '08 Asia tour ...

K-pop artists on their journey to become the first Asian singers to stage their milestone ''

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'' concert at

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in New York and the

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thriller '' Steel Cold Winter'' (2013) starring Kim Yoon-hye and

Kim Shi-hoo Kim Si-Hoo (born Kim Young-Joon on 2 January 1988) is a South Korean actor. Filmography Films Television series Awards and nominations References External links * * * * South Korean male film actors South Korean male televis ...

Filmography

*''FuckUmentary'' ( documentary, 2001) -

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*''The World Cup of Their Own ver. 2.0'' (

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, 2002) - director, cinematographer, planner,

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*''For Whom The Gun Tolls'' (short film, 2003) - director, editor *''Hitchhiking'' (short film, 2004) - director,

*''Independent Film Maker's Project To Abolish The National Security Law'' (documentary, 2004) - director, editor *''Catch Me If You Can'' (short film, 2004) - director *''Erotic Chaos Boy'' (documentary, 2005) - director, screenwriter, cinematographer, production director, editor, actor *''Camellia Project'' (2005) - director, screenwriter, editor *''

Dasepo Naughty Girls ''Dasepo Naughty Girls'' (; lit. "Dasepo Girl" or "Multi-cell Girl") is a 2006 South Korean musical comedy film. It is based on the popular webtoon ''Dasepo Girls'' by B-rate Dalgung (Chae Jeong-taek), which has also been adapted into a TV series. ...

'' (2006) - screenwriter *''Into the Breeze'' (documentary, 2008) - actor *''Project 320'' (documentary

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, 2009) - director *''Reservoir Dogs Take 1: South-han River (with Windy City)'' (short film, 2010) - director *''Reservoir Dogs Take 2: Nakdong River (with Bard & Jung Mina)'' (short film, 2011) - director *''Lee-Sang's strange reversible reaction'' (short film, 2011) - director *''Jam Docu GANGJEONG'' (documentary, 2011) - director, actor *''

'' (documentary, 2012) - director *'' Steel Cold Winter'' (2013) - director,

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, actor *''The Plan'' (documentary, 2017) - director *''The Reservoir Game'' (documentary, 2017) - director *'' Cyber Hell: Exposing an Internet Horror'' (documentary, Netflix; 2022) - director

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* * * 1975 births Living people South Korean film directors South Korean screenwriters Place of birth missing (living people) {{SouthKorea-film-director-stub