Choi Dong-hoon
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| Born | 1971 (age 45–46) Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, South Korea |
| Education |
Sogang University - B.A. in Korean Language and Literature Korean Academy of Film Arts - Filmmaking |
| Occupation | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1998-present |
| Spouse(s) | Ahn Soo-hyun (film producer) |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | |
| Revised Romanization | Choi Dong-hun |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch‘oe Tong-hun |
Choi Dong-hoon (Hangul: 최동훈; born 1971) is a South Korean film director. He ranks as one of the most consistently successful directors working in contemporary Korean cinema, with all five of his films becoming commercial hits -- The Big Swindle attracted 2.12 million viewers, Tazza: The High Rollers at 5.68 million, Jeon Woo-chi: The Taoist Wizard at 6.13 million, The Thieves at 12.9 million, and Assassination at 11.79 million.
After graduating from the prestigious Korean Academy of Film Arts, Choi Dong-hoon first worked as an assistant director on Im Sang-soo's Tears (he subsequently appeared in acting cameos in several of Im's films).
After working on the screenplay for two years, Choi made his feature film directorial debut in 2004 with The Big Swindle and single-handedly re-imagined the heist and crime thriller genre into something uniquely Korean. His follow-up Tazza: The High Rollers, a gambling flick adapted from Huh Young-man and Kim Se-yeong's manhwa, was the third highest grossing Korean film of 2006, and producer/Sidus FNH CEO Cha Seung-jae praised Choi as "a genius storyteller for his spectacular ability to develop elaborate stories." 2009's Jeon Woo-chi: The Taoist Wizard was lauded as the first Korean fantasy/superhero blockbuster movie, earning Choi a reputation as an artistically innovative and commercially successful writer-director.
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