Born in 1969, CHOI Sung-hyun majored in creative writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts. Having long penned stories for comics, he later moved to TV series screenwriting. A screenplay he wrote in 2010 was eventually picked up and greenlit to be turned into a film, the royal court drama <The Fatal Encounter> (2014), starring HYUN Bin. CHOI then started writing a period piece with the idea that he would direct it himself, but the project was taking longer than expecte...More

Born in 1969, CHOI Sung-hyun majored in creative writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts. Having long penned stories for comics, he later moved to TV series screenwriting. A screenplay he wrote in 2010 was eventually picked up and greenlit to be turned into a film, the royal court drama <The Fatal Encounter> (2014), starring HYUN Bin. CHOI then started writing a period piece with the idea that he would direct it himself, but the project was taking longer than expected to enter into production. In the meantime, famed director JK YOUN took an interest in another script from CHOI about estranged brothers reuniting and advised him to make his directing debut with this one. <Keys to the Heart> (2017), starring LEE Byung-hun and PARK Jung-min, was a surprise hit when it released in early 2018, welcoming 3.4 million viewers. CHOI came back no later than the following year with the thriller <THE NEGOTIATION> (2018), which he penned and also co-produced. Less