(above: poster for Family Ties aka The Birth of a Family, from Hancinema)
My countdown to the 44th Daejong Awards continues with the Best Director nominations:
Bong Joon Ho – The Host
(Director Bong was a winner in 2003 for Memories of Murder and his screen credits are for both writer and director. The Host is his third full length feature film. He needs no introduction as his biodata is easily available. His other feature film is Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000) and his short films are Baeksaekin (1993), Memory Within the Frame (1994), Incoherence (1994), Influenza (2004) and Sink and Rise (2004)
Bong Joon-ho talks about THE HOST
Kim Tae Yong – The Birth of a Family/Family Ties
(Director Kim won the 2006 Golden Alexander award in the Thessaloniki (Greek) International Film Festival for this film. He was nominated for 3 award for his 1999 film Memento Mori: Remember the Dead aka Whispering Corridors 2 (Hangul: Yeogo goedam II) in Slamdance Film Fest (USA), Paris Film Festival (France) and Fantasporto (Portugal). He seemed to be favored in Europe and particularly in Spain with so many reviews of his movies in Spanish!
Kim Yong Hwa – 200 Pounds Beauty
(Director Kim is also the writer for the above movie. Previous effort was also a comedy, Oh! Brothers)
Maria(Korean Ver.) Singer / Kim Ah-joong
Ryu Seung Wan – City of Violence
(Director Ryu is an actor and director who is part of a group of new wave Korean directors (including Park Chan Wook, Lee Chang Dong and Kim Ki Duk). Acclaimed to be the golden boy of Chungmuro, his directional credits include Die Bad (2000), No Blood No Tears (2002), Arahan (2004), Crying Fist (2005). He acts in his own films, i.e. Die Bad and City of Violence and those of others in the new wave group, i.e. Park Chan Wook´s Sympathy for Mr Vengeance (2002) and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005) and Lee Chang Dong´s Oasis (2002). Most of his films have his younger brother Seung Beum, the Best Actor in 2007´s Paksaeng Awards but not City of Violence which Director Ryu himself has a major role.
The City of Violence Trailer
The City of Violence – Behind the Scene
Choi Dong Hoon – Tazza
(Director Choi was the Best New Director for The Big Swindle in The 2004 Pusan Film Critics Association Awards who is also a screenwriter.)
“The War of Flower” aka Tazza Korean movie trailer
Well, take your pick as to who will be the best director at the 44th Daejong Awards this Friday. Indicate your choice pick for BEST DIRECTOR under comments. See u at comments!
Let´s take a look back to the Best Picture winners from past Daejong Awards since the new millenium.
Year 2000
Film (English) Peppermint Candy
Film (Korean)박하사탕 Transliteration: Bakha satang
Director Lee Chang-dong
Box Office Rank: 9*
Year 2001
Film (English) Joint Security Area
Film (Korean)공동경비구역JSA Transliteration: Gongdong gyeongbi guyeok JSA
Director Park Chan-wook
Box Office Rank: 1
Year 2002
Film (English) The Way Home
Film (Korean)집으로 Transliteration: Jibeuro
Director Lee Jeong-hyang
Box Office Rank: 2
Year 2003
Film (English) Memories of Murder
Film (Korean)살인의 추억 Transliteration: Salinui chueok
Director Bong Joon-ho
Box Office Rank: 2
Year 2004
Film (English) Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring
Film (Korean)봄여름가을겨울그리고봄 Transliteration: Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom
Director Kim Ki-duk
Box Office Rank: ranking not available
Year 2005
Film (English) Marathon
Film (Korean)말아톤 Transliteration: Maraton
Director Jeong Yoon-chul
Box Office Rank: 3
Year 2006
Film (English) The King and the Clown
Film (Korean)왕의 남자 Transliteration:Wang-ui namja
Director Lee Jun-ik
Box Office Rank: 1
Note: *Peppermint Candy was classified in the 2001 ticket sales. The information on box office ranking, i.e. best selling tickets were obtained from KoreanFilm.org and it indicates only Korean films ticket sales. The top selling film in 2004 was Taegukgi.
Written by Kwfong exclusively for Shenyuepop
Source: wikipedia+Daejongsang+Twitchfilm+MontrealMirror+VarietyAsiaOnline+IMDb+Koreanfilm.org
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Thanks for all the research Kwfong .. the project u are following is huge!
I think sadly … Kim Yong Hwa – 200 Pounds Beauty will be the winner! but i personally don’t think the movie deserved this much attention .. it was not all that!