Director of photography Chung Chung-hoon is now a member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC)

Chung Chung-hoon (Photo:Murray Close)Director of photography Chung Chung-hoon was accepted into the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC). This is the first time that a cinematographer of Korean heritage has been elected as a full member of the ASC, eight...

DP CHUNG Chung-hoon to Shoot STAR WARS: OBI-WAN KENOBI

Celebrated cinematographer CHUNG Chung-hoon, who has long been known as the visual stylist behind most of Director PARK Chan-wook’s films, from Old Boy (2003) to The Handmaiden (2016), has been hired as the director of photography for the upcoming Disney+ seri...

THE LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL Wins Best Cinematography at BAFTA TV Craft Awards

Veteran cinematographer KIM Wu-hyeong was awarded the Best Cinematography Prize from the BAFTA TV Craft Awards for his work on PARK Chan-wook’s The Little Drummer Girl mini-series for the BBC. Director PARK’s TV debut, the six-part series The Little Drummer Gi...

CHUNG Chung-hoon to Lens Next Edgar WRIGHT Film

CHUNG Chung-hoon, the world-famous cinematographer who made his name by serving as the director of photography for most of director PARK Chan-wook’s defining works, has signed on to shoot the upcoming psychological horror Last Night in Soho, the next film of d...

KIM Ki-duk, CHUNG Chung-hoon Join Academy Membership

Three prominent Korean film figures have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) among this year’s record group of 774 new members. Indie filmmaker KIM Ki-duk, cinematographer and frequent PARK Chan-wook collaborator CHUNG ...

Cine21 Chooses THE HANDMAIDEN as Best Film of the Year

The weekly Korean film publication Cine21 has issued its top 10 Korean films of the year, as voted on by its critics. Topping the 2016 list was PARK Chan-wook’s period erotic thriller The Handmaiden. The rest of the top five featured NA Hong-jin’s THE WAILING ...

US Critics Circles Heap Awards on THE HANDMAIDEN

Though the film is ineligible for the foreign language competition of the next Academy Awards, that hasn’t stopped PARK Chan-wook’s latest film The Handmaiden from blazing a trail through the 2016 North American awards circuit. To date, the film has picked up ...

THE AGE OF SHADOWS Tops Korean Association of Film Critics Awards

KIM Jee-woon’s The Age of Shadows received the Best Film award and Best Music award (Mowg) at the 26th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards (KAFC). KAFC from the Korean Association of Film Critics announced the winners before its awards presentation on No...