Jang Sun-woo
Jang Sun-woo | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 20, 1952 |
| Alma mater | Seoul National University(bachelor's degreeinanthropology) |
| Occupation(s) | Film director,screenwriter |
| Years active | 1986–2004 |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 장선우 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Jang Seon-u |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chang Sŏnu |
Jang Sun-woo(born 20 March 1952) is a South Koreanfilm director.
Film career
[edit]Before his directorial debut, Jang made a name for himself by writing film criticism and scripts. His first film,Seoul Jesus(1986), based on one of his scripts, was noted for its "sarcasm and pronounced realism."[1]His 1993 filmHwa-Om-Kyungwon theAlfred Bauer Prizeat the44th Berlin International Film Festival.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Jang attendedSeoul National Universityand received abachelor's degreeinanthropology.After the completion of his latest film, he has moved to live inJeju Island.[3]
Filmography
[edit]- Seoul Jesus(1986)
- The Age of Success(1988)
- The Lovers of Woomook-baemi(1989)
- Road to the Racetracks(1991)
- Hwa-Om-Kyung(1993)
- To You from Me(1994)
- Cinema on the Road(1995)
- A Petal(1996)
- Bad Movie(1997)
- Lies(1999)
- Resurrection of the Little Match Girl(2002)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Min, Eung-jun; Joo Jin-sook; Kwak Han-ju (2003). "3. Korean National Cinema in the 1980s: Enlightenment, Political Struggle, Social Realism, and Defeatism".Korean Film; History, Resistance, and Democratic Imagination.Westport, Connecticut and London: Praeger Publishers. p. 67.ISBN0-275-95811-6.
- ^"Berlinale: 1994 Prize Winners".berlinale.de.Retrieved2011-06-15.
- ^"Variations on Jang Sun-woo".London Korean Links.Retrieved14 August2024.
External links
[edit]- Sun-Woo JangatIMDb
- (in Korean)Detailed information about Jang Sun-wooat the KMDb
Bibliography
[edit]- Kim, Kyung-hyun (2004). "6. New Korean Cinema Auteurs: Jang Sun-woo's Three 'F' Words: Familism, Fetishism, and Fascism".The Remasculinization of Korean Cinema.Durham and London: Duke University Press. pp. 162–202.ISBN0-8223-3267-1.
- Min, Eung-jun; Joo Jin-sook; Kwak Han-ju (2003). "4. Auteur Criticism: The Case of Sunwoo Jang'sTaste of Heaven".Korean Film; History, Resistance, and Democratic Imagination.Westport, Connecticut and London: Praeger Publishers. pp. 87–111.ISBN0-275-95811-6.
