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- 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 years after Chung made his debut in Hol...
- by Cine21 / Oct 13, 2023
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- 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+ series Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi. Star Wars:...
- by Pierce Conran / Feb 15, 2021
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- 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 Girl is based on John LE CARRÉ’s novel of ...
- by Pierce Conran / May 03, 2019
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- 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 director internationally renowned directo...
- by Pierce Conran / Apr 29, 2019
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- 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 Chung-hoon and CJ Group Vice Chairwoman ...
- by Pierce Conran / Jul 10, 2017
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- 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 in second, LEE Kyoung-mi’s The Truth Ben...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 23, 2016
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- 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 13 wins for best foreign language film, ...
- by Pierce Conran / Dec 23, 2016
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- 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 November 8th, 2016. Director LEE Kyoung-mi...
- by KIM Hyun-jung / Nov 03, 2016