Jang Joon-hwan
Jang Joon-hwan is a South Korean film director.Life and career
A graduate of Sungkyunkwan University, Jang's first directing job was on the 1994 short film 2001 Imagine. His feature-length debut was the critically acclaimed cult science fiction film Save the Green Planet!, considered one of the most unique and original films in the history of Korean cinema. Jang won Best Director at the 4th Busan Film Critics Awards, and the Special Silver St. George for Best Director at the 25th Moscow International Film Festival.
He directed two more short films Hair, and Love for Sale. Then in 2013, Jang's long-awaited second feature film was released, a revenge thriller titled .
The year 2017, he directed political thriller film titled. The film was a critical and commercial success, and won best director and best film in 9th KOFRA Film Awards and 39th Blue Dragon Film Awards for best film.Personal life
Jang married actress Moon So-ri on December 24, 2006.Filmography
- ' - director
- The Running Actress - actor
- ' - director
- Waiting for Jang Joon-hwan - cameo
- Love for Sale - director
- Two or Three Things I Know about Kim Ki-young - cast
- Hair - director, screenplay
- Save the Green Planet! - director, screenplay
- Phantom: the Submarine - screenplay
- Motel Cactus - assistant director
- Boong-boong - cinematography
- Transmutated Head - cinematography
- The Love of a Grape Seed - cinematography
- Sounds from Heaven and Earth - cinematography
- 2001 Imagine - director, screenplay, cast
- Incoherence - lighting
- The Age of Success - lighting
Awards
- 2018 55th Grand Bell Awards for Best Director
- 2018 18th Director's Cut Awards for Best Director
