Jang Sun-woo

Jang Sun-woo
Hangul	장선우
Hanja	張善宇
Revised Romanization	Jang Seon-u
McCune–Reischauer	Chang Sŏnu

Jang Sun-woo (born 20 March 1952) is a South Korean film director.

Life

Jang attended Seoul National University and received a bachelor's degree in anthropology.

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." His 1993 film Hwa-Om-Kyung won the Alfred Bauer Prize at the 44th Berlin International Film Festival.

Filmography

• 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

• Cinema of Korea
• List of Korean film directors

External links

• Sun-Woo Jang at IMDb
• (in Korean) Detailed information about Jang Sun-woo at the KMDb

Bibliography

• 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. ISBN 0-8223-3267-1.
• Min, Eung-jun; Joo Jin-sook; Kwak Han-ju (2003). "4. Auteur Criticism: The Case of Sunwoo Jang's Taste of Heaven". Korean Film; History, Resistance, and Democratic Imagination. Westport, Connecticut and London: Praeger Publishers. pp. 87–111. ISBN 0-275-95811-6.