Choo Chang-min

This is a Korean name; the family name is Choo.
Choo Chang-min
Born 1966 (age 4950)
South Korea
Occupation Film director, screenwriter
Korean name
Hangul
Revised Romanization Chu Changmin
McCune–Reischauer Ch‘u Ch‘ang

Choo Chang-min (born 1966) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. His 2012 period film Masquerade became one of the top-grossing Korean films of all time.

Career

Choo Chang-min began his career as an assistant director on such films as City of the Rising Sun (1999) and The Happy Funeral Director (2000). His first short film, The End of April (2000), was highly acclaimed at several international film festivals. Choo made his feature film debut with hit comedy Mapado: Island of Fortunes (2005).[1]

Choo then directed the Sol Kyung-gu-Song Yun-ah melodrama Lost in Love (2006),[2][3] followed by the senior citizen romance Late Blossom (2011) which became a sleeper hit through word of mouth after it was released.[4] His period film Masquerade (2012) was a huge critical and commercial success, for which Choo won Best Director at the prestigious Grand Bell Awards and the Baeksang Arts Awards.[5][6][7]

Filmography

References

  1. "Choo Chang-mi". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  2. "'사랑을 놓치다' ('Lost in Love') Press Conference Report". Twitch Film. 29 September 2005. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  3. "K-FILM REVIEWS: 사랑을 놓치다 (Lost in Love)". Twitch Film. 25 September 2006. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  4. Cha, Hyo-jin (14 February 2013). "I Love You, The Most Beautiful Confession". Worldyan News. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  5. "LEE Byung-hun to star as King of Joseon". Korean Film Biz Zone. 18 November 2011. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  6. Noh, Jean (17 November 2011). "Lee Byung-hun to star in Choo Chang-min's Masquerade". Screen International. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  7. Kim, Hyun-min (23 October 2012). "Second Korean Film Breaks the 10 Million Mark This Year". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

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