Na Young-seok
| Na Young-seok | |
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Na Young-seok at a lecture sponsored by the Korea Communications Commission.
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| Born |
April 15, 1976 Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, South Korea |
| Education | Yonsei University - Public Administration |
| Occupation | Television producer, director |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 나영석 |
| Hanja | 羅䁐錫 |
| Revised Romanization | Na Yeong-seok |
| McCune–Reischauer | Na Yŏng-sŏk |
Na Young-seok (born April 15, 1976) is a South Korean television producer and director. Na is best known for producing the popular variety-reality shows 2 Days & 1 Night, Grandpas Over Flowers, Three Meals a Day and their spin-offs.
Na Young-seok majored in Public Administration at Yonsei University. In 2001, he joined KBS and began his career as an assistant director in the network's variety department, then was promoted to producer/director.
Na made his breakthrough in 2007 with 2 Days & 1 Night, which introduced the road trip format to Korean reality programming, as a regular cast of comedians, singers and actors visit various towns across Korea and spend the eponymous one night and two days there, engaging in activities such as games, camping and sightseeing. Starring Kang Ho-dong, Lee Soo-geun, Eun Ji-won, Kim Jong-min, Noh Hong-chul, and Ji Sang-ryeol (Kim C, Lee Seung-gi, MC Mong and Uhm Tae-woong later joined the cast), 2 Days & 1 Night quickly became the highest rated variety program on KBS and a national viewing pastime, reaching a peak viewership rating of 40%. The show not only boosted tourism for the locations it featured, its massive popularity also extended to its cast and even the crew. Because Na often appeared onscreen during interactions with the cast, he himself soon became a household name among Korean audiences, who affectionately called him "Na PD" ("PD" is a commonly used term in Korean television that denotes "producer-director" or "production director").
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