Won Shin yun

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Occupation Film director Revised Romanization Won Sin-yeon Siblings Won Pung-yeon		Hangul 원신연 McCune–Reischauer Wŏn Sin-yŏn

Born October 23, 1969 (age 47) ( 1969-10-23 ) South Korea Nominations Grand Bell Award for Best Director, Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Director Movies The Suspect, Seven Days, A Bloody Aria, The Wig, A Murderer's Guide to Similar Hee‑soon Park, Yoo Da‑In, Jo Sung‑ha, Jo Jae‑yoon, Yunjin Kim

Won Shin-yun (born October, 1969) is a South Korean film director. Won has the unique background of having been a stuntman before making his directorial horror film debut The Wig (2005). Since then, he has shown strong talent in action thriller movies through A Bloody Aria (2006), Seven Days (2007) and The Suspect (2013). The Suspect was a box office hit with over 4.1 million admissions.

His new action thriller movie The Fifth Row which depicts the conflict and conspiracy that an army criminal investigator (starring Song Kang-ho) has to face, will begin filming in the second half of 2016.

Filmography

Piano Man (1996) - stunt/martial art department

No. 3 (1997) - stunt/martial art department

Deep Blue (1997) - stunt/martial art department

Whispering Corridors (1998) - stunt/martial art department

Calla (1999) - stunt/martial art department

A Cradle Song (short film, 2002) - director, screenwriter

Bread and Milk (short film, 2003) - director, screenwriter

The Wig (2005) - director, script editor

A Bloody Aria (2006) - director, screenwriter

Seven Days (2007) - director, script editor

Robot Taekwon V - Live (2008, aborted due to financing) - director

The Suspect (2013) - director, script editor

A Murderer's Guide to Memorization (2016) - director

The Fifth Row (2017) - director

References

Won Shin-yun Wikipedia

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