Following receiving his Major in Creative Writing from the Seoul Institute of the Arts, SHIN Dong-yeob settled into the Korean film industry as part of the production staff of the crime comedy <The Happenings> in 1998 and then the time-shifting romantic drama <Ditto> in 2000. As a screenwriter, he debuted on 2002’s comedy <Baby Alone>. Jumping up again, SHIN made his feature directing debut with the romantic comedy <100 Days with Mr. Arrogant> in 20...More

Following receiving his Major in Creative Writing from the Seoul Institute of the Arts, SHIN Dong-yeob settled into the Korean film industry as part of the production staff of the crime comedy <The Happenings> in 1998 and then the time-shifting romantic drama <Ditto> in 2000. As a screenwriter, he debuted on 2002’s comedy <Baby Alone>. Jumping up again, SHIN made his feature directing debut with the romantic comedy <100 Days with Mr. Arrogant> in 2004 with HA Ji-won, which went on to screen at the Fukuoka Asian Film Festival. SHIN next worked as a script editor on the hit romcom <Unstoppable Marriage> in 2007 and then provided the script for the thriller <The Clue> (2009). He made his sophomore film in 2011, when he returned with the comedy action-adventure <Supermonkey Returns>. This began he period of productivity for the filmmaker as he churned out a number of lower-budget titles.Less