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- JK YOUN
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- JK YOUN is the director of <Haeundae> (2009), the fifth Korean movie to sell ten million tickets, and a producer who can boast of better-than-average box office performances for all of his releases. Previously, he was an ad copywriter before jumping into the movie industry by winning a prize in a movie script contest. YOUN is credited for making the prototype of gangster comedy movies. He debut was <My Boss, My Hero>, which developed into one of the most commercia... expand
- JK YOUN is the director of <Haeundae> (2009), the fifth Korean movie to sell ten million tickets, and a producer who can boast of better-than-average box office performances for all of his releases. Previously, he was an ad copywriter before jumping into the movie industry by winning a prize in a movie script contest. YOUN is credited for making the prototype of gangster comedy movies. He debut was <My Boss, My Hero>, which developed into one of the most commercially successful comedy series in Korean movie history, he later made more hit movies such as <Sex Is Zero> (2002) and <Crazy Assassins> (2003). With lively characters, well-structured stories, and natural “laugh codes” working in harmony in his scripts and under his direction, YOUN established a firm ground in the industry as a director who knows how to sell. His style and ability to lower the audience’s guard and present humor and moving stories have been revealed consistently not only in the movies he wrote and directed but also the movies he participated in as a producer, such as <All for Love> (2005) and <Harmony> (2009). <Haeundae>, the blockbuster movie that hit the Korean movie scene like a tsunami and attracted 11 million viewers in the summer of 2009, is widely credited for opening a new horizon for the genre of the Korean-style disaster movie. He also produced the 3D sci-fi action film <Sector> 7 from director KIM Ji-hoon, but the film flopped at the box office in the summer of 2011 despite high expectations. YOUN next produced the comedy-action <The Spy: Undercover Operation> in 2013, and returned to the director’s seat with <Ode to My Father>, released at the end of 2014. Made on a large budget and covering multiple international locations as well as many Korean historical events, <Ode to My Father> was a national phenomenon which drew over 14 million admissions and was invited to screen at the Berlin International Film Festival. close
- Gender : Male
- Company : Doosaboo Film, Inc.
- Nationality : South Korea
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- Filmography
- Pawn 2020 Staff ( Executive Producer,Script Editor )
- THE NEGOTIATION 2018 Staff ( Executive Producer,Script Editor )
- Keys to the Heart 2018 Staff ( Executive Producer )
- Confidential Assignment 2017 Staff ( Executive Producer,Script Editor )
- Like for Likes 2016 Staff ( Executive Producer )
- The Himalayas 2015 Staff ( Executive Producer,Script Editor )
- Ode to My Father 2014 Director ( Director )
- Ode to My Father 2014 Staff ( Executive Producer,Script Editor )
- The Spy: Undercover Operation 2013 Staff ( Screenwriter,Executive Producer )
- Dancing Queen 2012 Staff ( Script Editor ,Executive Producer )
- Sector 7 2011 Staff ( Screenwriter,Executive Producer )
- Quick 2011 Staff ( Executive Producer,Script Editor )
- My Dear Desperado 2010 Staff ( Executive Producer )
- Harmony 2010 Staff ( Screenwriter,Executive Producer )
- Secret 2009 Staff ( Executive Producer )
- Haeundae 2009 Director ( Director )
- Haeundae 2009 Staff ( Screenwriter,Executive Producer )
- Sex Is Zero 2 2007 Staff ( Executive Producer,Screenwriter )
- Miracle on 1st Street 2007 Director ( Director )
- Miracle on 1st Street 2007 Staff ( Executive Producer )
- All For Love 2005 Staff ( Executive Producer )
- A Bold Family 2005 Staff ( Executive Producer )
- Crazy Assassins 2003 Director ( Director )
- Crazy Assassins 2003 Staff ( Screenwriter,Executive Producer )
- Crazy First Love (Working Title) 2003 Staff ( Script Editor )
- Can'T Live Without Robbery 2002 Actor
- Can'T Live Without Robbery 2002 Staff ( Screenwriter )
- Sex Is Zero 2002 Director ( Director )
- Sex Is Zero 2002 Staff ( Screenwriter,Executive Producer )
- My Boss, My Hero 2001 Director ( Director )
- My Boss, My Hero 2001 Staff ( Screenwriter )
- Black Honeymoon 2000 Staff ( Screenwriter )

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- Awards and Invitation
- <Ode to My Father> Korean Film Festival in Hungary (2019) - Focus
- <Ode to My Father> Persons with Disabilities Film Festival : PDFF (2019)
- <Ode to My Father> Seoul Guro International Kids Children Film Festival : GUKIFF (2018) - Family Event
- <Ode to My Father> Moscow International Film Festival (2017) - Korea. History and present day. Films by JK Youn
- <Haeundae> Moscow International Film Festival (2017) - Korea. History and present day. Films by JK Youn
- <Miracle on 1st Street> Moscow International Film Festival (2017) - Korea. History and present day. Films by JK Youn
- <Ode to My Father> Korean Film Producers Association Awards (2015) - Best Supporting Actor
- <Ode to My Father> Korean Film Producers Association Awards (2015) - Best Music
- <Ode to My Father> Korean Film Producers Association Awards (2015) - Best Actor
- <Ode to My Father> The Blue Dragon Awards (2015) - Best Supporting Actor
- <Ode to My Father> The Blue Dragon Awards (2015) - Best Art Direction
- <Ode to My Father> The Blue Dragon Awards (2015) - Audience Choice Award for Most Popular Film[edit]
- <Ode to My Father> DAEJONG FILM AWARDS (2015) - Technical Award
- <Ode to My Father> DAEJONG FILM AWARDS (2015) - Best Editing
- <Ode to My Father> DAEJONG FILM AWARDS (2015) - Best Cinematography
- <Ode to My Father> DAEJONG FILM AWARDS (2015) - Best Actor
- <Ode to My Father> DAEJONG FILM AWARDS (2015) - Best Screenplay
- <Ode to My Father> DAEJONG FILM AWARDS (2015) - Best Film
- <Ode to My Father> DAEJONG FILM AWARDS (2015) - Best Sound Effects
- <Ode to My Father> DAEJONG FILM AWARDS (2015) - Best Visual Effects
- <Ode to My Father> DAEJONG FILM AWARDS (2015) - Best Visual Effects
- <Ode to My Father> DAEJONG FILM AWARDS (2015) - Best Visual Effects
- <Ode to My Father> DAEJONG FILM AWARDS (2015) - Best Visual Effects
- <Ode to My Father> DAEJONG FILM AWARDS (2015) - Best Supporting Actor
- <Ode to My Father> Korea Gold Awards Festival (2015) - Grand Prize
- <Ode to My Father> Korea Gold Awards Festival (2015) - Best Directors
- <Ode to My Father> Director's Cut Awards (2015) - Best Actor
- <Ode to My Father> Berlin International Film Festival (2015) - Panorama
- <Ode to My Father> Osaka Asian Film Festival (2015) - Closing Film
- <Ode to My Father> Balinale - Bali International Film Festival (2015) - Feature Film
- <Ode to My Father> Busan International Film Festival : BIFF (2015) - Korean Cinema Today-Panorama
- <Ode to My Father> Korean Film Festival in Singapore (2015)
- <Ode to My Father> Chunsa Film Festival (2015) - Best Screenplay
- <Ode to My Father> Maxmovie Best Film Award (2015) - Best New Actress
- <Sex Is Zero> Florence Korea Film Fest (2012)
- <Haeundae> CinemAsia Film Festival (2010)
- <Haeundae> Paeksang Arts Awards (2010) - Film Awards - Best New Actor
- <Haeundae> Maxmovie Best Film Award (2010) - Best Director
- <Haeundae> Paeksang Arts Awards (2010) - Film Awards - Grand Prize
- <Haeundae> Udine Far East Film Festival (2010) - korean films
- <Haeundae> Buil Film Awards (2009)
- <Haeundae> Buil Film Awards (2009)
- <Haeundae> Buil Film Awards (2009)
- <Haeundae> Buil Film Awards (2009)
- <Haeundae> SITGES – International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia (2009) - Orient Express - Casa Asia
- <Haeundae> The Blue Dragon Awards (2009) - Audience Choice Award for Most Popular Film
- <Haeundae> The Korean Association of Film Critics Awards (2009) - Best Cinematography
- <Haeundae> DAEJONG FILM AWARDS (2009) - Best Planning
- <Haeundae> Stockholm International Film Festival (2009) - Spotlight: Apocalypse - The Time is Now
- <Haeundae> University Film Festival of Korea : UNIFF (2009)
- <Haeundae> The Blue Dragon Awards (2009)
- <Haeundae> The Blue Dragon Awards (2009)
- <Haeundae> Filmasia Film Festival (2009)
- <Haeundae> Director's Cut Awards (2009)
- <Miracle on 1st Street> New York Asian Film Festival (2007) - Feature Film Program
- <Miracle on 1st Street> Shanghai International Film & TV Festival (2007) - Panorama
- <Sex Is Zero> Focus on Asia-Fukuoka International Film Festival (2005) - Korean & Chinese Film Festa
- <My Boss, My Hero> Focus on Asia-Fukuoka International Film Festival (2005) - Korean & Chinese Film Festa
- <Sex Is Zero> Fantasia International Film Festival (2004) - Korean Cinema
- <Sex Is Zero> Udine Far East Film Festival (2003)