Jung Byung-gil

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Jung Byung-gil (born August 7, 1980) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Jung was trained at the Seoul Action School. He graduated from Chung-Ang University, majoring in film, before making his directorial debut with a documentary about stuntmen, Action Boys, in 2008. Jung gained international recognition with the action thriller The Villainess, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2017. He is set to make his Hollywood debut with Afterburn, an adaptation of the comic of the same name, starring Gerard Butler.

08-08-1980

Birthday

Leo

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Total Films

Jeong Byeong-Gil, Jung Byoung-gil, Byeong-gil Jeong, Byung-gil Jung

Also known as (male)

South Korea

Place of Birth

08-08-1980

Birthday

Leo

Zodiac Sign

Genres

Total Films

Jeong Byeong-Gil, Jung Byoung-gil, Byeong-gil Jeong, Byung-gil Jung

Also Known As (male)

South Korea

Place of Birth

Popular works

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Creative career

actor

2 Works

producer

2 Works

director

12 Works

writer

5 Works

other

1 Works

Bandhobi

Min-Seo, a 17-year old rebellious high school Korean girl, lives in a small apartment with her mother and her mother’s penniless lover. She hates her mother’s lover and doesn’t understand both of them. Karim, a 29-year old Muslim migrant worker from Bangladesh has to leave Korea in a month. Before departing, he is desperately searching for his ex-boss to get his unpaid salary. One day, as Min-Seo’s summer vacation begins, Karim encounters Min-Seo on a bus, and together they set out on an emotional journey.

6.2

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2009

Action Boys

Only eight out of 36 boys pass the rigorous training at Seoul Action School. They all have different dreams but all wish to become stuntmen. Despite frequent accidents and injuries, they never give up their dream, and the movie follows their hopeful desperation.

5.9

Year:

2008