- Korean Film News
- AMPAS Invites 14 New Korean Members
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 05, 2018
- LEE Chang-dong, Hong Sangsoo, BAE Doo-na and HA Jung-woo among new Academy VotersLast month, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) welcomed its new members for 2018, which included a record 14 professionals from the Korean film industry, including an array of directors, actors, and below-the-line talents.Among the most prominent Korean names added to the rolls this year were filmmakers LEE Chang-dong, whose most recent work BURNING set the Cannes Film Festival on fire in May, and prolific auteur Hong
Sangsoo , who released two films in 2017, including On the Beach at Night Alone and The Day After, also recently Claire’s Camera. Also on the list was short filmmaker JEONG Da-hee, known for her acclaimed animated shorts Man on the Chair (2014) and The Empty (2016).Korean invited by the academy include global star BAE Doo-na, recently seen in disaster drama Tunnel (2016) and the Wachowskis’ works Cloud Atlas and Netflix show Sense8, as well as a trifecta of performers from PARK Chan-wook’s The Handmaiden (2016) - HA Jung-woo (Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds, 2017), KIM Min-hee (Grass) and CHO Jin-woong (Believer).Two writers from Korea were also invited: PARK Chan-wook’s frequent collaborator CHUNG Seo-kyung , who most recently penned LEE Hae-young’s Drug War remake Believer, and PARK Hoon-jung , who these days is most well-known as the director of gangster drama New World (2013) and currently in-theaters mystery-action TheWitch : Part 1. The Subversion.The list also includes veteran producer OH Jung-wan, known for important works by KIM Jee-woon (A Tale of Two Sisters, 2003), E J-yong (Untold Scandal, 2003), IM Sang-soo (Tears, 2001) and LEE Yoon-ki (My Dear Enemy, 2008) among others, legendary production designer RYU Seong-hee, who designed the sets of many PARK Chan-wook andBONG Joon-ho films, composer LEE Byung-woo (The Host, 2006), as well as longtime costume designer CHO Sang-gyeong and sound designer KIM Suk-won, who were both also involved in The Handmaiden.
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