Jung Seung-hye (March 1965 – 17 May 2009) was a South Korean

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. Jung began her career as a film promoter for Shin Cine in 1989, working on the film ''Happiness Does Not Come From Grades''. She later moved to Cine World where she produced a number of films, including '' Anarchists'' (2000) and '' Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield'' (2003). Following the commercial success of '' King and the Clown'' in 2005, Jung founded her own company, Achim Pictures, and produced films such as '' Radio Star'' (2006), ''

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'' (2007) and '' Sunny'' (2008).Han, Sang-hee.
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'', 17 May 2009. Retrieved on 22 May 2009. In 2006 she was honored with the annual Women in Film Award by the Women in Film Korea organization.D'Sa, Nigel.
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. ''Korean Film Council'', 3 January 2007. Retrieved on 22 May 2009. In addition to her production work, Jung was a film

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and worked as a

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on a number of domestic and foreign film productions. She was the author of several books, including ''Jung Seung-hye's Cartoon Theater'' and ''Jung Seung-hye's Lion's Cage''. Jung died from

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on 17 May 2009, aged 44. She had been suffering from the illness since 2006, and was hospitalized a month prior to her death after the cancer spread to her lungs.

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* 1965 births 2009 deaths Deaths from colorectal cancer South Korean film producers South Korean women film producers {{Korea-actor-stub