Yoon Jong-bin
Yoon Jong-bin | |
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Born | |
Education | Chung-Ang University - Filmmaking |
Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 윤종빈 |
Hanja | 尹鐘彬 |
Revised Romanization | Yun Jong-bin |
McCune–Reischauer | Yun Jongbin |
Yoon Jong-bin (Korean: 윤종빈; born December 20, 1979) is a South Korean film director.
Career
Yoon Jong-bin's Chung-Ang University graduation thesis film was The Unforgiven, which portrayed masculine codes in the Korean military with honesty and sensitivity. And despite its rough edges due to technical limitations and a low budget, the film was a smash hit at the 2005 Busan International Film Festival and won several awards, including the NETPAC. It went on to travel to a number of festivals, winning awards and international critical acclaim.[1][2]
His sophomore effort Beastie Boys (also known as The Moonlight of Seoul) showed another side of men -- male hosts who serve female clients in discreet salons tucked into the affluent fashion districts of southern Seoul.[3][2]
In his third film Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time, Yoon tackled corruption among prosecutors and customs officers and their collusion with the mob in 1980-1990s Busan.[4][5] Unlike his first two films, Yoon's gangster saga was popular at the box office and became one of the biggest domestic hits of 2012.[6][7]
Yoon further explored the themes of injustice and violence in his fourth film Kundo: Age of the Rampant, a tale of 19th-century Joseon bandits who waged war against the nobility and corrupt government officials.[8] When asked where he drew his inspiration from, Yoon answered, "I tapped into movies that I used to love as a child. Rather than making an intellectual film, I wanted to get hearts racing."[9] By not giving the protagonist "hero-like characteristics," Yoon said he wanted to say through the film that "it is not the special or talented people, but very ordinary people who can change the world, especially when gathered en masse."[10]
Yoon has worked with close friend and fellow Chung-Ang University alumnus Ha Jung-woo in all four of his features.
Filmography
Feature films
Year | Film | Credited as | |||
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Director | Screenwriter | Producer | Actor | ||
2004 | Identification of a Man | Yes | Yes | No | No |
2005 | The Unforgiven | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2008 | The Moonlight of Seoul | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Nowhere to Turn | No | No | No | Yes | |
2012 | Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
2013 | The Berlin File | No | No | No | Yes |
2014 | Kundo: Age of the Rampant | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
2015 | A Violent Prosecutor | No | No | Yes | No |
2016 | A Quiet Dream | No | No | No | Yes |
2018 | The Spy Gone North | Yes | Yes | No | No |
2019 | Money | No | No | Yes | No |
2020 | The Closet | No | No | Yes | No |
Television
Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | ||
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Director | Writer | Producer | |||
2022 | Narco-Saints | Yes | Yes | No | Netflix original series |
Recurring cast
Year | Actor Work |
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2004 | Identification of a Man | |||||
2005 | The Unforgiven | |||||
2008 | The Moonlight of Seoul | |||||
2012 | Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time | |||||
2014 | Kundo: Age of the Rampant | |||||
2015 | A Violent Prosecutor | |||||
2018 | The Spy Gone North | |||||
2019 | Money | |||||
2020 | The Closet | |||||
2022 | Narco-Saints |
Awards and nominations
Award ceremony | Year | Category | Nominee / Work | Result | Ref. |
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Asian Academy Creative Awards | 2023 | Best Direction – Fiction (National Winners – Korea) | Narco-Saints | Won | [11][12] |
Baeksang Arts Awards | 2018 | Best Film | The Spy Gone North | Won | [13] |
Best Director – Film | Nominated | ||||
Best Screenplay – Film[a] | Nominated | ||||
Blue Dragon Film Awards | 2018 | Best Film | Nominated | [14] | |
Best Director | Won | ||||
Best Screenplay[a] | Nominated | ||||
Buil Film Awards | 2018 | Best Film | Won | [15][16] | |
Best Director | Nominated | ||||
Best Screenplay[a] | Won | ||||
Director's Cut Awards | 2023 | Best Director in Television | Narco-Saints | Won | [17] |
Best Screenplay | Won | ||||
Grand Bell Awards | 2018 | Best Film | The Spy Gone North | Nominated | [18][19] |
Best Director | Nominated | ||||
Best Screenplay[a] | Nominated | ||||
Best Planning | Nominated | ||||
Korean Association of Film Critics Awards | 2018 | Top 11 Films | Won | [20] | |
Best Director | Won | ||||
Korea Best Star Awards | 2018 | Director Award | Won | [21] | |
Korea Culture and Entertainment Awards | 2018 | Best Film | Won | [22][23] | |
Best Director | Won | ||||
KOFRA Film Awards | 2018 | Best Film | Won | [24] | |
The Seoul Awards | 2018 | Best Film | Won | [25][26] |
Notes
References
- ^ Kim, Kyu Hyun. "The Unforgiven". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2012-06-24.
- ^ a b D'Sa, Nigel (22 April 2008). "YOON's Moonlight of Seoul to open May 1st". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ^ "K-FILM REVIEWS: 비스티 보이즈 (The Moonlight of Seoul)". Twitch Film. 30 July 2008. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ^ Jung, Hyun-mok (17 February 2012). "Controversial director tackles corruption in Nameless Gangster". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on July 10, 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Templin, Jacob (10 April 2012). "Nameless Gangster: The Korean Mob Film Scorsese Would Be Proud Of". Time. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ^ "Nameless Gangster Emerging as Hottest Korean Movie of the Year". The Chosun Ilbo. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ^ Hong, Lucia (9 April 2012). "Korean movies notch up higher number in 1Q ticket sales". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ^ Jang, Sung-ran (7 August 2014). "In Kundo, Yoon aimed to entertain". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-08-08.
- ^ Sunwoo, Carla (13 June 2014). "Chemistry for Ha, Kang in Kundo". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
- ^ Ahn, Sung-mi (20 July 2014). "Herald Review: No heroes in hero flick Kundo". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2014-07-22.
- ^ "2023 Award Ceremonies". Asian Academy Creative Awards. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
- ^ "National Winners 2023" (PDF). Asian Academy Creative Awards. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
- ^ Cho, Yeon-gyeong (April 5, 2019). 55회 백상예술대상 영화부문 최종 후보 공개. Is Plus (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
- ^ 청룡영화상 후보 발표, ‘1987’ 최다·‘공작’도 9개부문 후보. Newsen (in Korean). November 1, 2018.
- ^ [23회 부산국제영화제] 부일영화상. Busan Daily (in Korean). 20 September 2018.
- ^ 5관왕 ‘공작’, ‘허스토리’와 함께 부산 품었다(종합) [27회 부일영화상]. MK Sports (in Korean). 5 October 2018.
- ^ Yoon, Ki-baek (February 24, 2023). "박찬욱 '헤어질 결심', 디렉터스컷 어워즈 5관왕" [Park Chan-wook's 'Decision to Break Up' wins 5 Director's Cut Awards] (in Korean). E-daily. Retrieved February 24, 2023 – via Naver.
- ^ 제55회 대종상, 각 부문 후보 공개…'공작' 12개 최다부문 노미네이트. Sports Seoul (in Korean). 21 September 2018. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
- ^ '버닝', 대종상 작품상 영예...1주기 故김주혁, 특별상 수상 [종합]. Osen (in Korean). 22 October 2018.
- ^ [공식]이성민·한지민 '영평상' 남녀주연상…'1987' 작품상. Sports Chosun (in Korean). October 22, 2018.
- ^ "이순재·김윤석·장동건·수애, 베스트 주연상 수상..12일 시상식 [공식입장]". Osen (in Korean). December 12, 2018.
- ^ "2018년 제 26회 "대한민국 문화연예대상" 성황리 개최". NB News (in Korean). November 29, 2018.
- ^ 2018년 제 26회 "대한민국 문화연예대상" 성황리 개최. NB News (in Korean). November 29, 2018.
- ^ "'올해의 영화상' 이성민X한지민, 남녀주연상..작품상 '공작'[종합]". Osen (in Korean). 30 January 2019.
- ^ ‘제2회 더 서울어워즈’ 10월27일 개최, 드라마-영화 각 부문별 후보공개. iMBC (in Korean). September 28, 2018.
- ^ [2회 더서울어워즈] '나의아저씨·공작' 대상…이병헌·김남주·하정우·손예진 주연상(종합). Ilgan Sports (in Korean). October 27, 2018.
External links
- Yoon Jong-bin at Cyworld
- Yoon Jong-bin at the Korean Movie Database
- Yoon Jong-bin at IMDb
- Yoon Jong-bin at HanCinema
- Yoon Jong-bin at Korean Film Biz Zone