FILM DIRECTOR

Kwak Jae-yong

1959 - Today

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Kwak Jae-yong (born 22 May 1959) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He studied physics at Kyung Hee University. He achieved success with his debut film Watercolor Painting in a Rainy Day in 1989, but the failure of his next two movies led to eight years of unemployment before a comeback with the smash-hit film My Sassy Girl in 2001. He is known for his fondness of love stories set in a mix of different genres. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kwak Jae-yong is the 1,412th most popular film director (down from 1,250th in 2019), the 396th most popular biography from South Korea (down from 308th in 2019) and the 9th most popular South Korean Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Kwak Jae-yong ranks 1,412 out of 2,041Before him are Ole Bornedal, Frank Tashlin, Jon Avnet, Edvin Laine, Norman Z. McLeod, and Tom Shadyac. After him are Hugh Wilson, Jonathan Lynn, Elmer Clifton, Vasily Goncharov, Robert Lepage, and Oleg Sentsov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Kwak Jae-yong ranks 427Before him are Ole Bornedal, Catherine Malabou, Ray Gillen, Alexandre Guimarães, Geoff Tate, and Vladimir Yashchenko. After him are Prince Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Flavor Flav, José Luis Ábalos, José Gómez Mustelier, Alessandro Andrei, and Orlando Figes.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Kwak Jae-yong ranks 396 out of 1,128Before him are Kim Hyun-joo (1977), Lee Chung-yong (1988), Lim Ji-yeon (1990), Kim Se-jeong (1996), Rowoon (1996), and Ahn Jae-hyun (1987). After him are Chun Jung-myung (1980), Uhm Ji-won (1977), Seo Ji-hye (1984), Lee Hye-ri (1994), Faker (1996), and Leeteuk (1983).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In South Korea

Among film directors born in South Korea, Kwak Jae-yong ranks 9Before him are Lee Chang-dong (1954), Hong Sang-soo (1960), Kim Jee-woon (1964), Im Kwon-taek (1936), Hwang Dong-hyuk (1971), and Kim Ki-young (1919). After him are Joseph Kahn (1972), Lee Cheol-ha (1970), Na Hong-jin (1974), and Yeon Sang-ho (1978).