FILM DIRECTOR

Shin Sang-ok

1926 - 2006

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Shin Sang-ok (Korean: 신상옥; Hanja: 申相玉; 1925 or 1926 – April 11, 2006), anglicized as Simon Sheen, was a South Korean filmmaker who directed 74 films in a career spanning over five decades. He is best known in South Korea for his efforts during the 1950s and 1960s, many of them collaborations with his wife Choi Eun-hee. Shin posthumously received the Gold Crown Cultural Medal, the country's top honor for an artist. In 1978, Shin and Choi were kidnapped by order of Kim Jong-il, who wanted them to improve the North Korean film industry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shin Sang-ok is the 533rd most popular film director (down from 298th in 2019), the 91st most popular biography from North Korea (down from 45th in 2019) and the most popular North Korean Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Shin Sang-ok ranks 533 out of 2,041. Before him are Carlo Lizzani, Shirin Neshat, Taylor Hackford, Zoltán Fábri, Ariane Mnouchkine, and Philip Kaufman. After him are André Delvaux, Lee Chang-dong, Peter Yates, Derek Jarman, Robert Frank, and Luis García Berlanga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Shin Sang-ok ranks 184. Before him are Vicente Aranda, Jaba Ioseliani, Paul Janssen, Richard Anderson, Raul Hilberg, and Lenny Montana. After him are André Delvaux, Konstantin Feoktistov, Mieczysław Rakowski, Alfred Körner, Sonja Ziemann, and Judith Malina. Among people deceased in 2006, Shin Sang-ok ranks 146. Before him are George Koval, Rocío Dúrcal, Trevor Berbick, Carl Brashear, Wilson Pickett, and Allan Kaprow. After him are Maynard Ferguson, Richard Bright, Ferenc Szusza, Galina Ustvolskaya, Carlo Acutis, and Paul Halmos.

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In North Korea

Among people born in North Korea, Shin Sang-ok ranks 94 out of 162. Before him are Paik Sun-yup (1920), Huijong of Goryeo (1181), Kang Song-san (1931), Kim Jong-chul (1981), Hyon Yong-chol (1949), and Han Myeong-sook (1944). After him are Minjung of Goguryeo (10), Yang Kyoungjong (1920), Cho Man-sik (1883), Kim Jong-hun (1956), Kwon Ki-ok (1901), and Kim Hyon-hui (1962).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In North Korea

Among film directors born in North Korea, Shin Sang-ok ranks 1. 

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