Seung-Hyun Chong is born in Germany, in 1975 in Germany, as a child from Korean parents, he went to grammar school in his native Aachen to then leave for Seoul, South Korea to study acting at the prestigious Dongguk University.
Before graduating there he decided to return to Germany to study sports and divinity at The German University of Sports in Cologne and The University of Bonn. Filmmaking became an early vocation in his life.
“Get up”, his last short mov...More

Seung-Hyun Chong is born in Germany, in 1975 in Germany, as a child from Korean parents, he went to grammar school in his native Aachen to then leave for Seoul, South Korea to study acting at the prestigious Dongguk University.
Before graduating there he decided to return to Germany to study sports and divinity at The German University of Sports in Cologne and The University of Bonn. Filmmaking became an early vocation in his life.
“Get up”, his last short movie, that is somehow an autobiographical quotation, excelled at a great number of festivals all over the world. Seung-Hyun is a secondary school teacher. He now works at the German School in Seoul. Less