Awards & Winners

Park Kwang-su

Date of Birth 22-January-1955
Place of Birth Sokcho
(South Korea, Gangwon, Gangwon Province)
Nationality South Korea
Also know as Kwang-soo Park, Bak Gwang-su, Kwang-su Park, Park Gwang Su, 朴光殊, Pak Kwang-su
Profession Film Producer, Screenwriter, Film director, Professor
Park Kwang-su is a Korean filmmaker. He was born in Sokcho, Gangwon Province, South Korea on January 22, 1955 and grew up in Busan, South Korea. Park joined the Yallasung Film Group as a student of Fine Arts at Seoul National University. Upon graduation, he founded and led the Seoul Film Group which was dedicated to renewing Korean film culture and closely tied to the student protest movement. The Seoul Film Group was a significant part of the independent film movement and a strong voice speaking out against the military dictatorship. Park studied film at the ESEC film school in Paris, then returned to Korea to work as an assistant director to Lee Chang-Ho. He made his own first feature in 1988, and in 1993 became the first Korean filmmaker to found his own production company. Park is considered the leader of the "New Korean Cinema" movement and one of Korea's most distinguished filmmakers. His films have garnered critical acclaim and he has received numerous domestic and international awards for his films.

Awards by Park Kwang-su

Check all the awards nominated and won by Park Kwang-su.

1989


PaekSang Arts Award for Best New Film Director
Honored for : Chilsu and Mansu

Nominations 1989 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
PaekSang Arts Award for Best New Film Director Chilsu and Mansu