Jeon Kyu-hwan (born 1965) is a South Korean

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and

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. Besides being the first Korean film to win the 2012

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at the

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, ''

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'' (2012) also won various awards at film festivals, including Best Director at the 16th

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and Silver Peacock Award for best director at the 43rd

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in 2012.

Career

Jeon started his career in a talent management company as a manager for actors such as

Cho Jae-hyun Cho Jae-hyun (born June 30, 1965) is a South Korean film, stage, and TV actor. He is commonly dubbed "director Kim Ki-duk's persona" since Cho has starred as leading and supporting characters in a number of films directed by Kim. Early years a ...

and

Sol Kyung-gu Sol Kyung-gu (born May 14, 1967) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in ''Public Enemy (2002 film), Public Enemy'' film series, ''Peppermint Candy'', ''Oasis (2002 film), Oasis'', ''Silmido (film), Silmido'', ''Hope (2013 film ...

, before making his directorial feature debut with ''Mozart Town'' (2008), followed by ''Animal Town'' (2009) and ''Dance 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. In ''From 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. ''

'' (2012), about a hunchback mortician and his transgender stepsister, won the 2012

, an award for the "best film with a homosexual and queer culture theme" at the

. It is also the first Korean film to win the prize.

Filmography

*''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) *''

'' (2012) *''My Boy'' (2013) *''Angry Painter'' (2015)

Awards

*2011 12th

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: Special Jury Prize (''Animal Town'') *2012 16th

: Best Director (''

'') *2012 43rd

: Silver Peacock Award For Best Director (''

''))

References

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