Jeong Yoon-cheol

South Korean film director (born 1971)

정윤철

Born (1971-05-14) 14 May 1971 (age 52)

Seoul, South Korea

Alma materSchool of Film and Theater at Hanyang UniversityYears active1999–presentKorean nameHangul

정윤철

Hanja

鄭胤澈

Revised RomanizationJeong Yun-cheolMcCune–Reischauerchŏng Yun-ch'ŏl

Jeong Yoon-cheol (born May 14, 1971) is a South Korean film director. He is known for his film Marathon.

Career

Jeong graduated from School of Film and Theater at Hanyang University. After his successful directorial debut with short film Memorial Picture, he was selected as a member of MAMPIST and studied film editing at the Australian Film Television and Radio School. His short film Hibernation was invited to the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival in 1999 and won Best Director Award at the Shinyoung Film Festival.

In 2005 his heart-warming feature debut Marathon about an autistic athlete was a huge hit in Korea. His next movie was the comedy Shim's Family.

Filmography as director

Marathon (2005)^[1]^[2]
Skeletons in the Closet aka Shim's Family (2007)
Third Gaze [ko]
Isn't It Good [ko]
A Man Who Was Superman (2008)^[3]
Warriors of the Dawn (2017)^[4]

Award

Year	Award	Category	Recipients	Result	Ref.
1997	4th Seoul Short Film Festival	Best Film Award	Memorial Picture	Won
2000	Shinyoung Film Festival	Best Director Award	Hibernation	Won
2005	41st Baeksang Arts Awards	Grand Prize (Daesang)	Marathon	Won
		Best Film		Nominated
		Best Screenplay		Won
		Best New Director		Nominated
	13th Chunsa Film Art Awards	Best New Director		Won
	42nd Grand Bell Awards	Best Film		Won	^[5]
		Best New Director		Won
		Best Screenplay		Won
	26th Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best Film		Nominated	^[6]
		Best New Director		Won
		Best Screenplay		Nominated
	4th Korean Film Awards	Best Film		Nominated
		Best Screenplay		Nominated
		Best New Director		Nominated
	8th Director's Cut Awards	Best New Director		Won
	Korea Disabled People Human's Rights Award	Culture and Arts		Won	^[7]
	The 25th Korean Film Critics Association Awards	Top 10 Film Awards		Won
	28th Golden Cinematography Awards	New Director Award		Won
	The 15th Korea Catholic Media Awards	Film		Won
2006	Today's Young Artist Awards	Film		Won

References

^ Yang, Sung-jin (19 January 2005). "Cho Seung-woo shines in Running Boy". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2013-08-25.
^ Lee, Seung-jae (26 January 2005). "Marathon or Mal-ah-ton". The Dong-a Ilbo. Retrieved 2013-08-25.
^ "A Man Who Was Superman". filmbor.com. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
^ "Yeo Jin-goo, Lee Jung-jae cast as prince, army leader in upcoming period flick". 2016-08-25. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
^ "Marathon - Awards". Cinemasie. Retrieved 2012-12-17.
^ ""Sympathy for Lady Vengeance" wins Best Picture Award". HanCinema. 30 November 2005.
^ "'말아톤' 정윤철감독, 장애인인권상 수상". 스타뉴스 (in Korean). 2005-12-03. Retrieved 2023-05-11.

External links

Jeong Yoon-cheol at IMDb
Jeong Yoon-cheol at the Korean Movie Database
Jeong Yoon-cheol at HanCinema

Films directed by Jeong Yoon-cheol

Marathon (2005)
A Man Who Was Superman (2008)
Warriors of the Dawn (2017)

v t e Blue Dragon Film Award for Best New Director
1960s	Jeong Seung-mun (1965) n/a (1966) n/a (1967) Jeong So-yeong (1969)
1970s	n/a (1970) Byun Jang-ho (1971) n/a (1972) Lee Won-se (1973)
1990s	n/a (1990) Lee Myung-se (1991) Kim Young-bin (1992) Lee Hyun-seung (1993) Kim Hong-joon (1994) Lee Min-yong (1995) Kang Je-gyu and Hong Sang-soo (1996) Song Neung-han (1997) Im Sang-soo and Hur Jin-ho (1998) Lee Young-jae (1999)
2000s	Ryoo Seung-wan (2000) Kim Dae-seung (2001) Kim In-sik (2002) Jang Joon-hwan (2003) Choi Dong-hoon (2004) Jeong Yoon-cheol (2005) Lee Hae-young and Lee Hae-jun (2006) Kim Han-min (2007) Lee Kyoung-mi (2008) Kang Hyeong-cheol (2009)
2010s	Kim Kwang-sik (2010) Yoon Sung-hyun (2011) Kim Hong-sun (2012) Kim Byung-woo (2013) Lee Su-jin (2014) Kim Tae-yong (2015) Yoon Ga-eun (2016) Lee Hyun-ju (2017) Jeon Go-woon (2018) Lee Sang-geun (2019)
2020s	Hong Eui-jeong (2020) Park Ji-wan (2021) Lee Jung-jae (2022) Ahn Tae-jin (2023)

v t e Grand Bell Awards for Best New Director
1999-2000	Hur Jin-ho Lee Jeong-hyang (1999) Min Byung-chun (2000)
2001–2010	Im Sang-soo (2001) Lee Si-myung (2002) Jang Joon-hwan (2003) Choi Dong-hoon (2004) Jeong Yoon-cheol (2005) Han Jae-rim (2006) Kwon Hyung-jin (2007) Oh Jeom-kyun (2008) Lee Ho-jae (2009) Jang Cheol-soo (2010)
2011–2020	Yoon Sung-hyun (2011) Choi Jong-tae (2012) Jung Byung-gil (2013) Yang Woo-suk (2014) Baik (2015) Cho Jung-rae (2016) Um Tae-hwa (2017) Jeon Go-woon (2018) Kim Bora (2019) N/A (2020)
2021–present	N/A (2021) Park Yi-woong (2022) Ahn Tae-jin (2023)