Kang Jae-gyu, director
Kang Jae-gyu is a young director who has emerged as a director of importance in Korean motion pictures. He won awards for best new director with his first film, The Ginkgo Bed, at film festivals including the 17th Cheongnyong Film Festival. The Ginkgo Bed marked the beginning of a new era in the Korean film industry. Computer graphics were used in the film to depict stories in the present time and those of past lives and to create a mysterious atmosphere. The Ginkgo Bed was the first Korean film to be directly distributed in Hong Kong.
Biography
- Born in Masan in 1963 (40th graduate of Masan High School)
- Graduated from Jung-ang University in 1985 with a major in drama and film
- Represented the Cinema Development Institute
- President of his own film company, Kang Jae Gyu Film Co.
Filmography
- The 1994 omnibus thriller, Chrysanthemum, and Blood of 13 People
- The 1996 dramatic movie, The Ginkgo Bed
- The 1998 dramatic movie, Shiri
- Two TV dramas: MBC Best Theater: The Dream of Turtle, and The Second Bride
He planned to get involved in making a picture during high school because of his exposure to so many movies, but it was not until he was a freshman in the university that he finally directed Silence, an 8-millimeter short movie and later, Afternoon of Fall, and Hibernation Not to be Waken.
He won the Grand Prize with "Hibernation Not to be Waken" at the Dongbaek Film Festival. The citizens of Masan hope that he will achieve world-wide renown.
Awards
- Award for Best Photography and Excellent Prize at the 9th Korean Youth Cinema Festival
- Dongbaek Prize at the 3rd Dongbaek Cinema Festival
- Grand Prize at the 1991 Korea Scenario (Contest)
- Prize for Best Scenario at the 1993 Korea Baeksang Grand Prize
- Creative Drama Prize at the 1994 Chunsa Cinema Festival
- Award for Best New Director at the 1996 Cheongnyong Cinema Festival
- Awards for Best New Director Prize and Best Work at the 1997 Cine 21 Prize.
