Born in 1963, Hur Jinho was first known as a film critic starting in 1987. Between 1992 and 1993, he dabbled in filmmaking, taking part in several short films in various capacities, including two films of his own, <Is love a sin?> (1992) and <For Scrap Iron> (1993). Hur worked in the directing team of Park Kwangsu and took part in the screenplay of <A Single Spark> (1995). His directing debut didn’t go unnoticed, as his drama <Christmas in August> (...More

Born in 1963, Hur Jinho was first known as a film critic starting in 1987. Between 1992 and 1993, he dabbled in filmmaking, taking part in several short films in various capacities, including two films of his own, <Is love a sin?> (1992) and <For Scrap Iron> (1993). Hur worked in the directing team of Park Kwangsu and took part in the screenplay of <A Single Spark> (1995). His directing debut didn’t go unnoticed, as his drama <Christmas in August> (1998) became an instant classic, picked up Best New Director and Best Picture at the Blue Dragon Film Awards and was even remade in Japan. With <One Fine Spring Day> (2001), which carried on with the director’s resounding storytelling technique and display of controlled emotion that was the salient aspects of the director’s debut film, Hur received another Blue Dragon Award for Best Picture and cemented his position within the Korean industry as a capable director of melodramas. He extended his reach to Japan when his next film <April Snow>(2005), which starred Bae Yongjoon and Son Yejin,, became a box office hit on the archipelago. After <A Good Rain Knows> (2009), which cast Jung Woosung and the Chinese actress Gao Yuanyuan. Hur was offered the opportunity to film an adaptation of <Dangerous Liaisons> in China, with a cast comprising Jang Donggun, Zhang Ziyi and Cecilia Cheung. Stepping away from the camera, Hur also served as the director of the Jecheon International Music and Film Festival between 2013 and 2019. In 2016 he returned to the director’s chair to make the Colonial Era drama <The Last Princess>, reuniting with his <April Snow> star Son Yejin. After directing the short film <Two Lights: Relumino> (2017) and the medium-length film <The Present> (2019), which was released on YouTube, he made the period court drama <Forbidden Dream> (2019), about King Sejong’s scientific ambitions for the Joseon Kingdom, starring Han Sukkyu and Choi Minshik. In 2021, he moved to television and co-directed the drama series <Lost>, starring Jeon Doyeon and Ryu Junyeol. Less