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Kong Su-chang

South Korean film director and screenwriter

Kong Su-chang
Born	1961 (age 62–63) South Korea
Alma mater	Hanyang University
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter


Korean name
Hangul	공수창
Revised Romanization	Gong Su-chang
McCune–Reischauer	Kong Su-ch'ang

Kong Su-chang (born 1961) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Kong started as a screenwriter and is behind hits such as White Badge (1992), The Ring Virus (1999) and Tell Me Something (1999). He debuted with the military-themed R-Point (2004), and then The Guard Post in 2008.^[1]

Career

Born in 1961, Kong Su-chang graduated from the Korean Literature Department at Hanyang University. Upon graduating, he joined 'Jang San Got Mae', an independent film union and wrote screenplays, such as O Dreamland (1989) and The Night Before the Strike (1990).^[2]

Kong is known as a talented screenwriter of thriller and war movies, such White Badge (1992), The Ring Virus (1999) and Tell Me Something (1999). His adaptation of the novel White Badge: A Novel of Korea by Ahn Jung-hyo into the screenplay for White Badge was acclaimed as the best Vietnam War film in Korea.^[1]^[2]

His directorial feature debut is the military-themed R-Point (2004), which Kong wanted as an anti-war movie.^[3]^[4] His second feature, The Guard Post (2008), also military-themed is set at the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea.^[5]

Filmography

Film

O Dreamland (1989) - screenwriter
The Night Before the Strike (1990) - screenwriter
White Badge (1992) - script editor
No Emergency Exit (1993) - script editor
A Casual Trip (1994) - screenwriter
Naeireun Woldeukeop (1996) - screenwriter
If It Snows on Christmas (1998) - screenwriter
The Ring Virus (1999) - screenwriter
Dulliui Baenangyeohaeng (short film, 1999) - screenwriter
Tell Me Something (1999) - screenwriter
R-Point (2004) - director, screenwriter, script editor
The Guard Post (2008) - director, screenwriter, producer

Television series

Coma (2006, OCN) - director, creative director ^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "KONG Su-chang". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2016-05-28.
^ ^a ^b "9th Busan International Film Festival (2004)". Busan International Film Festival. 2004. Retrieved 2016-05-28.
^ Kim, Hyun-jung (17 May 2016). "R-Point". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2016-05-28.
^ Yang, Sung-jin (19 August 2004). "R-Point puts fresh spin on the horrors of war". The Korea Herald via Hancinema. Retrieved 2016-05-28.
^ Yi, Ch'ang-ho (4 April 2008). "R-point's KONG Su-chang returns with The Guard Post". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2016-05-28.
^ "Horror Film Series to Hit Television". The Korea Times via Hancinema. 13 July 2006. Retrieved 2016-05-28.