Kang Hyeong-cheol

Kang Hyeong-cheol is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. His first two films Scandal Makers (2008) and Sunny (2011) have been the highest grossing Korean films of their respective years, and are both among the highest grossing Korean films of all time.^[1]^[2] Kang won Best Director at the 48th Grand Bell Awards in 2011.^[3]^[4]

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Year	Title		Credited as			Ref.
Year	English	Korean	Director	Writer	Actor	Ref.
2008	Scandal Makers	과속스캔들	Yes	Yes	No
2011	Sunny	써니	Yes	Yes	No
2012	Cine Note - segment "It Could Happen to You"^[5]	시네노트 - 당신에게 일어날 수 있는 일	Yes	Yes	No
2013	Cheer Up, Mr. Lee	힘내세요, 병헌씨	No	No	Yes
2014	Tazza: The Hidden Card	타짜: 신의 손	Yes	Yes	No
2018	Swing Kids	스윙키즈	Yes	Yes	No
2025	Hi-Five	하이파이브	Yes	Yes	No	^[6]

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2009	45th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Screenplay (Film)	Scandal Makers	Won
	45th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best New Director (Film)		Nominated
	11st Far East Film Festival^[7]	Audience Award		2nd Place
	12nd Shanghai International Film Festival^[8]	Asian New Talent Award for Best Film		Won
	17th lcheon Chunsa Film Festival^[9]	Best New Director		Nominated
	29th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards	Best New Director		Won
	30th Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best New Director		Won
2011	20th Buil Film Awards	Best Director	Sunny	Nominated
	48th Grand Bell Awards	Best Director		Won
	48th Grand Bell Awards	Best Screenplay		Nominated
	4th Style Icon Awards	Content of the Year		Won
	32nd Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best Director		Nominated
	32nd Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best Screenplay		Nominated
2012	3rd KOFRA Film Awards	Best Director		Won
2014	51st Grand Bell Awards	Best Director	Tazza: The Hidden Card	Nominated
2019	55th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Director (Film)	Swing Kids	Won
	40th Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best Director		Nominated
	19th Director's Cut Awards^[10]	Best Director		Nominated

Filmography