Jeong Yoon-cheol (born May 14, 1971) 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 ...
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Career
Jeong graduated from School of Film and Theater at
Hanyang University. After his successful directorial debut with short film ''Memorial Picture'', he was selected as a member of MAMPIST and studied film editing at the Australian Film Television and Radio School. His short film
''Hibernation'' was invited to the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival in 1999 and won Best Director Award at the Shinyoung Film Festival.
In 2005 his heart-warming feature debut ''
Marathon
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'' about an autistic athlete was a huge hit in Korea. His next movie was the comedy ''Shim's Family''.
Filmography as director
* ''
Marathon
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'' (2005)
* ''Skeletons in the Closet'' aka ''Shim's Family'' (2007)
* ''
A Man Who Was Superman'' (2008)
* ''
Warriors of the Dawn'' (2017)
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South Korean film editors
South Korean film producers
South Korean film directors
South Korean screenwriters
Hanyang University alumni
1971 births
Living people
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