Kwak Jae-yong
Born (1959-05-22) 22 May 1959
Alma materKyung Hee University
Occupation(s)Film director,
screenwriter
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGwak Jae-yong
McCune–ReischauerKwak Chaeyong

Kwak Jae-yong (born 22 May 1959) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He studied physics at Kyung Hee University. He achieved success with his debut film Watercolor Painting in a Rainy Day in 1989, but the failure of his next two movies led to eight years of unemployment before a comeback with the smash-hit film My Sassy Girl in 2001. He is known for his limitless fondness of love stories set in a mix of different genres.

Filmography

Year Title Director Writer Notes
1989 Watercolor Painting in a Rainy Day Yes Yes
1992 Autumn Trip Yes Yes
1993 Watercolor Painting in a Rainy Day 2 Yes Yes
2001 My Sassy Girl Yes Yes
2002 The Romantic President No Yes
2003 The Classic Yes Yes
2004 Windstruck Yes Yes
Ark No Story
2005 My Girl and I No Yes
2006 Daisy No Yes
2008 My Mighty Princess Yes Yes
Cyborg She Yes Yes Japanese film
All About Women No Yes Cameo appearance
2014 Meet Miss Anxiety Yes No Chinese film
2016 Crying Out in Love Yes Yes Chinese film
Time Renegades Yes No
2017 Colours of Wind Yes Yes Japanese film
2021 A Year-End Medley Yes No

Awards

Year Event Award Work Result Ref.
2002 Grand Bell Awards Best Adapted Screenplay – My Sassy Girl Won [1]
2003 Hong Kong Film Awards Best Asian Film Won
2003 Hochi Film Awards Best Foreign Language Film Won
2003 Fant-Asia Film Festival Most Popular Film Won
2004 Awards of the Japanese Academy Best Foreign Film Nominated

References

  1. "My Sassy Girl". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
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