Jang Jae-hyun
Born1981 (age 42–43)
Alma materSungkyunkwan University
Korea National University of Arts
Occupation(s)Film director
Screenwriter
Korean name
Hangul
장재현
Revised RomanizationJang Jae-hyeon
McCune–ReischauerChang Chaehyŏn

Jang Jae-hyun (Korean장재현; born 1981) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter.

Education and career

After graduating from Sungkyunkwan University's Department of Film, he graduated from the Department of Film at Hanyejong Film Institute. Jang served as an assistant director on the blockbuster period drama Masquerade (2012) before breaking out with the short 12th Assistant Deacon (2014) which won Best Film in The Extreme Nightmare section at the 13th Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival, and Best Director Award (Korean Competition For Shorts) at the 15th Jeonju International Film Festival in 2014. Based on the award-winning short, he made his first feature film The Priests (2015) - a supernatural mystery thriller, which was a hit with more than 5.4 million admissions. Jang said "I got a weird feeling when I saw a priest waiting anxiously for someone on the other side of a fast food restaurant window. The Priests started then."[1][2][3][4]

Filmography

Feature films

Year Title Credited as Notes Ref.
Director Writer
2011 Themselves Assistant director No
S.I.U. Assistant director No
2012 Masquerade Assistant director No Also actor
2015 The Priests Yes Yes
2017 House of the Disappeared No Yes
2019 Svaha: The Sixth Finger Yes Yes
2024 Exhuma Yes Yes [5]

Short films

Year Title Credited as Notes Ref.
Director Writer
2009 Maley from India Yes Yes Also actor
2010 Bus Yes Yes
2014 12th Assistant Deacon Yes Yes

Awards

References

  1. ^ "JANG Jae-hyun". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  2. ^ Conran, Pierce (10 November 2015). "The Priests". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  3. ^ "Kang Dong-won and Kim Yoon-seok's The Priests". Hancinema. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  4. ^ Conran, Pierce (8 December 2015). "THE PRIESTS Tops November Releases". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  5. ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (17 January 2024). "Berlinale Unveils Full Panorama, Forum & Generation Line-Ups With New Films By Nathan Silver, Levan Akin, André Téchiné & Bruce LaBruce". Deadline. Retrieved February 3, 2024.
  6. ^ Conran, Pierce (11 August 2016). "NA Hong-jin Nabs Best Director from Director's Cut Awards". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2016-10-16.