Juhn Jai-hong

Juhn Jai-hong
Born	1977 (age 39–40) Seoul, South Korea
Education	Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School Webster University Vienna - Business Management
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	2004 – present
Korean name
Hangul
Revised Romanization	Jeon Jae-hong
McCune–Reischauer	Chŏn Chae-hong

Juhn Jai-hong (Hangul: 전재홍; born 1977) is a South Korean film director. He directed Beautiful (2008) and Poongsan (2011).

Juhn Jai-hong was born in Seoul, and began receiving vocal lessons in the third grade. He moved to the United States at the age of 15 and after graduating from the prestigious Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, he continued studying the art of singing in Vienna, Austria. Juhn said, "I pursued the path of an opera singer for more than 20 years. I had completed my studies, but felt that classical music limited my expression. I also studied drawing as well, and I felt that cinema was the perfect way to express all these things together." He then studied business management at Webster University Vienna, because he thought it was related to directing, "A director must lead the entire project and all of his cast and crew — it's all about management."

After making the decision to pursue filmmaking, he moved back to New York City, paid US$200 for a hand-held camera and started shooting short films. He said being in Manhattan was a great advantage because there were so many venues to shoot and getting permits was relatively easy. From 2004 to 2007, Juhn shot a total of 14 short films, among which Color competed at the 2005 New York International Independent Film and Video Festival. He said, "I had no fear. I had no knowledge about movies, which was what actually enabled me to do it."

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