Jung Sung-il (director)

South Korean film critic, director and screenwriter

In this Korean name, the family name is  Jung.

This article is about the director. For the actor, see Jung Sung-il (actor).

Jung Sung-il

Born|  (1959-07-04) July 4, 1959 (age 65)

Seoul, South Korea

Alma mater| Sungkyunkwan University
Occupation(s)| Film critic
director
screenwriter
Korean name
Hangul|

정성일

Hanja|

鄭聖一

Revised Romanization| Jeong Seong-il
McCune–Reischauer| Chŏng Sŏng-il

Jung Sung-il (born July 4, 1959) is a South Korean film critic, director and screenwriter. A well regarded film critic-turned-director, Jung debuted with the romance melodrama film Cafe Noir (2009). His next two works document two well-known directors: Night and Fog in Zona (2015) on Chinese documentary filmmaker Wang Bing, and Cloud, Encore (2018) on Korean filmmaker Im Kwon-taek.

## Career

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One of the most well-known film critics in Korea, Jung has worked as the chief editor for film magazines Road Show and Kino, a programmer and jury in many festivals, a former adjunct professor of Korea National University of Arts' School of Film, TV and Multimedia, and a guest professor at Korean Academy of Film Arts. He has also written books about Im Kwon-taek and Kim Ki-duk.[1][2][3]

In 2009, he debuted as a filmmaker with the critically acclaimed romance melodrama film Cafe Noir which is based largely on the literary works by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther and Fyodor Dostoyevsky's White Nights. For his effort, he was nominated for New Talent Grand Pix at the 2010 Copenhagen International Film Festival.[4]

His second feature is the documentary Night and Fog in Zona (2015) about celebrated Chinese documentary filmmaker Wang Bing, who is well known for his nine-hour documentary Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks (2003). It follows Wang on his filming location, pries into his filmmaking secrets and delves into the question "what is film?."[5]

His third work Cloud, Encore, a documentary on legendary Korean filmmaker Im Kwon-taek while Im shot his 102nd feature Revivre (2014), made its world premiere at the 23rd Busan International Film Festival in 2018.[6]

## Filmography

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* Ae-ran (1989) - screenwriter
* No. 3 (1997) - actor
* Beyond the Years (2007) - planner
* Cafe Noir (2009) - director, screenwriter
* Bleak Night (2010) - production department
* Ari Ari the Korean Cinema (2012) - actor
* Night and Fog in Zona (documentary, 2015) - director, editor
* Cloud, Encore (documentary, 2017) - director
* Gravity of the Tea (documentary, 2018) - director

## Awards

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* 2019 6th Wildflower Film Awards: Best Director (Documentaries) (Night and Fog in Zona)[7]

### Honours

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* Jury Chairman at the 2023 Busan International Film Festival for its main competition section 'New Currents Award'.[8]

## References

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1. ^ "20th BIFF (2015) - Night and Fog in Zona". BIFF. October 2015. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
2. ^ Jang, Sung-ran (31 October 2012). "Share in a New Perspective on IM Kwon-taek's Career - Film Critic JUNG Sung-il's Reviews of IM Kwon-taek's Filmography on KMDb". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
3. ^ "JUNG Sung-il". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
4. ^ Conran, Pierce (22 February 2017). "Documentary on IM Kwon-taek Seeks Crowdfunding Support". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
5. ^ Conran, Pierce (25 January 2016). "Five Korean Indies to Screen in Rotterdam". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
6. ^ "Cloud, Encore". BIFF. October 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
7. ^ Frater, Patrick (15 April 2019). "Remnants Documentary Wins Korea's Wildflower Awards". Variety. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
8. ^ Patrick Frater (September 4, 2023). "Busan Festival Claims Best-Ever Selection, Sets 'Because I Hate Korea' as Opening Film". Variety. Retrieved September 10, 2023.

## External links

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* Jung Sung-il at the Korean Movie Database
* Jung Sung-il at IMDb
* Jung Sung-il at HanCinema

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