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Park Jung-hoon (Korean: 박정훈; Hanja: 朴正勳, born June 21, 1982) is a South Korean cinematographer and film director.[1] Park gained international recognition with the action thriller The Villainess, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2017, with four awards as Director of Photography. Park has been working in the film industry for almost two decades on a variety of genres, including low-budget films, independent films, and documentaries.

Park Jung-hoon
박정훈
Park Jung-hoon 2019
Born	(1982-06-21) 21 June 1982 (age 40) Taean Chungcheongnam-do South Korea
Occupation	Cinematographer and film director
Years active	2002 - present
Spouse(s)	(married,unknown)
Children	1
Korean name
Hangul	박정훈
Hanja	朴正勳
Revised Romanization	Bak Jeong-hun
McCune–Reischauer	Pak Jŏnghun

Career

Early years

Park Jung-hoon was born and raised in Taean, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea. His parents own a small video rental shop, so he had many opportunities to watch movies from an early age. He dreamed of working in the movie industry, but due to his high passing grade score for the Department of Film at university, going to the film department seemed like a day dream. He prepared for the entrance exam in the art major until the second grade. However, he couldn't hold his passion for movies in his heart and eventually gave up going to college.[2]

Park moved to Seoul from his hometown of Taean to pursue a career in the film industry. At 19 years old (Korean Age), he became the youngest member of the filming team for Im Kwon-taek’s 2002 movie Painted Fire or Chihwaseon.[3]

In 2003, he worked as a filming staff of Kim Eui-suk‘s movie Cheongpung myeongwol, also known as Sword in the Moon. He then worked as filming staff for Im Kwon-taek‘s movie Low Life a.k.a. Haryu Insaeng (2004). He enlisted in mandatory military service three days after filming for Low Life. After finishing his service in 2006, he joined the crank-in for the movie Beyond the Years or Cheonnyeonhak, directed by Im Kwon-taek.[2]

He worked as a staff member for director Zhang Lu for two movies, Desert Dream (2007) and Iri (2008). He also worked for Director Jeon Soo-il on low-budget art films such as Himalaya, Where the Wind Dwells (2008) and I Came from Busan (2010), also called Youngdo Bridge.[2]

A career as director of photography

After building a career as a member of cinematographer teams for various works, Park made his debut as director of photography in the second work of director Kim Hee-jung, “Green Grape Candy: A Promise 17 Years Ago” in 2011. The movie was a project to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the residence at the Cannes Film Festival. The movie also won an award at the 13th Seoul International Women's Film Festival in 2011.[4]

In the following year, Park worked as director of photography in two low-budget movies: Chubby Revolution (2012) directed by Min Doo-sik and Norigae (2012) directed by Choi Seung-ho.

He worked as director of photography on Mizo (2013) and Snowpath (2015).

In 2017, Park gained international recognition with his first commercial feature film, The Villainess (Korean: 악녀, romanized: Ak Nyeo). This South Korean action thriller was directed by Jung Byung-gil and stars Kim Ok-vin.[5] The film had its world premiere at the 70th Cannes Film Festival in May 2017, where it received a four-minute standing ovation.[6][7][8][9][10] He won four awards as Director of Photography for this movie.

Debut as director

Vistari, Himalaya was Park’s first feature-length film. The documentary movie was screened at the 2016 Jeonju International Festival. The movie tells the story about four musicians’ trip to Nepal, people they met there, their experiences and challenges they faced, and the small but precious realizations they made.[11]

Ventured into tetevision

In 2021, Park ventured into television. He joined director Yoo Je-won in remake project of 2004 South Korean film Mr. Handy, Mr. Hong.[12] Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha was a romance drama starring Shin Min-a, Kim Seon-ho and Lee Sang-yi. The 16-episode drama aired on tvN from August 28 to October 17, 2021.[13][14] As a simulcast Netflix Original, it was also available for streaming on Netflix.[15]

Filmography

Film

As director in short film

Short film work as director

Year	Title		Note	Ref.
	English	Original
2011	Fixed Date (Giil)	기일	Debut as director	[16]

As director and cinematographer in short documentary

List of Short Documentary Web Film(s)

Year	Title		Note	Ref.
	English	Original
2020	Yellow Sea	황해	Produced by Zeiss Cinematography
2020	Moraenae Fantasy YELLOW	모래내 판타지 옐로우	Produced by Canon Korea	[17]

As director in documentary feature film

List of Documentary Feature Film(s)

Year	Title		Note	Ref.
	English	Original
2018	Vistari, Himalaya	비스타리, 히말라야	Screened at the 2016 Jeonju International Festival	[11]

As part of cinematographer team

List of Film(s)

Year	Title		Director	DoP	Note
	English	Original
2002	Painted Fire	취화선	Im Kwon-taek	Jeong Il-seong
2002	Sex is Zero	색즉시공	Youn Je-kyoon	Kim Yung-chul	Cinematography Dept. - Shooting team B
2002	The Garden of Heaven (Haneul Jeongwon)	하늘 정원	Lee Dong-hyun	Lee Seung-u
2003	Cheongpung myeongwol or Sword in the Moon	청풍명월)	Kim Eui-suk	Mun Yong-shik
2004	Low Life or Haryu Insaeng	하류인생	Im Kwon-taek	Jung Il-sung
2006	Beyond the Years or Cheonnyeonhak	천년학	Im Kwon-taek	Jeong Il-seong
2006	The Bicycle Thief (Jajeongeo Doduk)	자전거 도둑	Yu Geol-ki	Yun Seong-won
2007	The Obese Family [ko]	비만가족	Kim Jung-wook	Kim Hong-gi
2007	Little Prince (Eorinwangja)	최종현	Choi Jong Hyeon	Kim Hong-min	Cinematography Dept. - Shooting team B
2007	Desert Dream	경계	Zhang Lu	Kim Sung-tae
2008	Iri	이리	Zhang Lu	Kim Sung-tae
2008	Himalaya, Where the Wind Dwells [ko]	히말라야, 바람이 머무는 곳	Jeon Soo-il	Kim Sung-tae
2009	Tidal Wave or Haeundae	해운대	Yoon Je-kyoon	Kim Yeong-ho
2010	I Came from Busan or Youngdo Bridge	영도다리	Jeon Soo-il	Kim Sung-tae
2010	End of Animal	짐승의 끝	Jo Sung-hee	Baek Moon-soo
2010	The Cane a.k.a. Hoichori	회초리	Park Kwang-woo	Yoo Byung-jae
2011	Pink	헤드 핑크	Jeon Soo-il	Kim Sung-tae
2011	HEAD	조운	Cho-un	Kim Gi-tae
2013	The Punisher (Eungjingja)	신동엽	Jai Ho-shin	Kim Hong-gi	Cinematography Dept - Filming Support
2014	Rosa	로사	Maeng Gwan-Pyo	Kim Hong-gi
2017	Hakuna Matata Pole Pole [ko] or Beautiful Voice	뷰티풀 보이스	Kim Sun-ung	Kim Hong-gi	Cinematography Dept. - Shooting team B
2020	Samjin Company English Class	삼진그룹 영어토익반	Lee Jong-pil	Park Se-seung

As short film director of photography

List of Short Film(s)

Year	Title		Director	Note	Ref.
	English	Original
2006	Fact	사실	Zhang Lu	with Kim Sung tae, Kim Hong-gi, and Jeon Hong-gyu	[18]
2008	Child of Darkness	어둠의 자식들	Song Jong-hoon
2010	Two Nights	두개의 밤	Kim Mi-Young
2010	Moment	모멘츠	Kim Hyeon-ho
2012	Moral of My Time	내 시절의 모럴	Kim Hee-jung

As feature film director of photography

List of Feature Film(s)

Year	Title		Director	Note	Ref.
	English	Original
2011	Grape Candy (Cheongpodo Satang) [ko]	청포도 사탕: 17년 전의 약속	Kim Hee-jung	Debut as DoP	[3]
2012	Chubby Revolution [ko]	통통한 혁명	Min Doo-sik
2012	Norigae	노리개	Choi Seung-ho
2013	Mizo (film) [ko]	미조	Nam Ki-wong
2015	Snowpath [ko]	설행_눈길을 걷다	Kim Hee-jung
2017	The Villainess	악녀	Jung Byung-gil		[3]
2018	Door Lock	도어락	Lee Kwon
2018	Herstory	허스토리	Min Kyu-dong
2019	A French Woman (Korean Film) [ko]	프랑스 여자	Kim Hee-jung		[19]
2019	Fukuoka	후쿠오카	Zhang Lu
2020	Voice of Silence	소리도 없이	Hong Eui-jung
2021	Yanagawa	야나가와	Zhang Lu

Television

As director of photography

List of Television Series

Year	Title		Network	Director	Note	Ref.
	English	Original
2021	Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha	갯마을 차차차	tvN Netflix	Yoo Je-won	1st television drama series

Awards and recognitions

List of awards and nominations

Award		Year	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
38th	Blue Dragon Film Awards	2017	Best Cinematography and Lighting	The Villainess	Nominated	[20]
26th	Buil Film Awards	2017	Best Cinematography	The Villainess	Won	[21]
30th		2021	Best Cinematography	Voice of Silence	Nominated	[22][23]
18th	Busan Film Critics Awards	2017	Technology Award	The Villainess	Won	[24]
54th	Grand Bell Awards	2017	Best Cinematography	The Villainess	Won	[25]
8th	Wildflower Film Awards	2021	Best Cinematography	A French Woman	Won	[26]

References

External links

• Park Jung-hoon at HanCinema
• Park Jung-hoon at IMDb
• Park Jung-hoon at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
• Park Jung-Hoon at Naver (in Korean)
• Park Jung-hoon on Instagram
• Park Jung-hoon at [YouTube]

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