Hur Jin-ho

In this Korean name, the family name is Hur.

Hur Jin-ho (Korean: 허진호; born August 8, 1963) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter.

Heo Jin-ho
Born	(1963-08-08) August 8, 1963 (age 62) Jeonju, South Korea
Education	Yonsei University - Philosophy Korean Academy of Film Arts - Filmmaking
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter
Agent(s)	C-JeS Entertainment[1] (2020-present)
Korean name
Hangul	허진호
Hanja	許秦豪
RR	Heo Jinho
MR	Hŏ Chinho

Career

Hur graduated from Yonsei University with a degree in philosophy and went on to study filmmaking at the Korean Academy of Film Arts. His first steps as a film director did not go unnoticed as his first short, For Go-chul, was selected for the Vancouver International Film Festival. He later co-wrote the script of A Single Spark and Kilimanjaro. Many of his feature films, Christmas in August (shown at the Critics' Week in Cannes in 1998), One Fine Spring Day (2001), April Snow (2005), Happiness (2007) and A Good Rain Knows (2009) are variations on Hur's favorite theme: love.^[2] Film critic Kim Ji-mi says in Korean Film Observatory magazine (No. 23), Hur "shows the outstanding talent of being able to grasp the sensitive moments of the beginning and ending of a love between a man and a woman" (p. 22).^[3]

Filmography

Feature film

Year	Title	Credited as			Notes	Ref.
		Director	Writer	Producer
1993	To the Starry Island	Assistant director	No	No
1995	A Single Spark	Assistant director	Yes	No
1998	Christmas in August	Yes	Yes	No
1999	City of the Rising Sun	No	No	No	Bit part
2000	Kilimanjaro	No	Yes	No
2001	One Fine Spring Day	Yes	Yes	No
2005	April Snow	Yes	Yes	No
2007	Happiness	Yes	Yes	No
2009	A Good Rain Knows	Yes	Yes	Yes	Korean-Chinese co-production
2012	Dangerous Liaisons	Yes	No	No	Chinese film
2016	The Last Princess	Yes	Yes	No		[4]
2019	Forbidden Dream	Yes	No	No		[5]
2024	A Normal Family	Yes	No	No		[6]

Short film

Year	Title	Credited as			Notes	Ref.
		Director	Writer	Producer
1993	For Go-chul	Yes	No	No
2003	Alone Together	Yes	No	No	from omnibus Twentidentity
2004	My New Boyfriend	Yes	No	No
2009	I'm Right Here	Yes	No	No	from omnibus Five Senses of Eros
2019	The Present	Yes	No	No		[7]

Television series

Year	Title	Credited as
		Director	Writer
2021	Lost	Yes	No
2024	Love in the Big City	Yes	No

Theater

• 2010: A Nap - director^[8]

Awards and nominations

Nominations

Award	Year	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref(s)
Chicago International Film Festival	2005	Best Feature	April Snow	Nominated
San Sebastián International Film Festival		Golden Seashell		Nominated
28th Blue Dragon Film Awards	2007	Best Film	Happiness	Nominated	[9]
		Best Screenplay[a]		Nominated
		Best Director		Nominated
2007 Korean Association of Film Critics Awards	2007	Best Screenplay[a]		Won
2007 Korean Film Awards	2007	Best Film		Nominated
		Best Director		Nominated
44th Baeksang Arts Awards	2008	Best Film		Nominated
17th Buil Film Awards	2008	Best Director		Nominated
45th Grand Bell Awards	2008	Best Film		Nominated
		Best Director		Nominated
		Best Screenplay[a]		Nominated
Grand Bell Awards	2016	Best Film	The Last Princess	Nominated	[10][unreliable source?]
		Best Director		Nominated

See also

• List of Korean film directors
• Cinema of Korea

Notes

1. Hur Jin-ho with Lee Suk-yeon, Seo Yoo-min and Shin Joon-ho