Choi Wan Gyu ( 최완규, born August 18, 1964) is a South Korean screenwriter. He is a winner of many awards for his screenwriting.
He is said to be the first Korean writer to have written screenplays for both Oriental and Western medical dramas.
Selected for MBC Best Theater Scenario Contest "Boring love, funny movie" (1993, his screenwriting debut).
Other notable things in his career: He dropped out of
Incheon University English Literature Department; In 2008, he was sued for breach of contract by Always Uki Co., Ltd. and ICBN Co., Ltd; In 2022 he was emprisoned (charges not known).
In 2019 he was listed as a habitual high-amount tax delinquent by the South Korean National Tax Service.
In 2018, under the South Korean Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Laws, etc., he was sentenced to two years of probation in prison for charges (possibly fraud and gambiing).
Major works
* General Hospital (1994)
* Legend of Ambition (1998)
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Ho-joon's Road to a Court Physician (1999)
* Air Force (2000)
* Shodo (Sand) (2001)
* T
he Merchant (2001)
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All-in Fateful Love (2003)
* Into the Storm (2004)
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Love Story in Harvard
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(2004)
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Jumong
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(2006)
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Lobbyist
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(2007)
* Catcher (2008)
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Wind Country or ''The Kingdom of the Winds'' (2008) (nominated for an
Emmy Award
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in 2009
* General Hospital 2 (2008)
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Swallow the Sun
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(2009)
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Prison flower (2016)
See also
Television Shows written by Choi Wan-kyu
Awards
* 1994 MBC Broadcasting Awards Writer Award
* 2003 30th Korean Broadcasting Awards Writer Award
* 2006
MBC Drama Awards
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Television Division Achievement Award
* 2007 19th Korean Broadcasting Producer Awards TV Writer Category Production Category Award
* 2007 43rd
Baeksang Arts Awards
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TV Category Screenplay Award
* 2010 1st Seoul Culture & Arts Awards Drama Writer Division Grand Prize
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References
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South Korean screenwriters
Living people
1964 births