Kang Je-gyu

Kang Je-gyu (born December 23, 1962) is a South Korean film director.

Kang Je-gyu
Je-gyu in 2015
Born	(1962-12-23) December 23, 1962 (age 62) South Korea
Occupation	Film director
Korean name
Hangul	강제규
Hanja	姜帝圭
RR	Gang Jegyu
MR	Kang Chegyu

In this Korean name, the family name is Kang.

Career

After graduating from ChungAng University, Kang received his first prize at the Korea Youth Film Festival and Korea Scenario Awards in 1991.^[1]

Kang's most notable contributions to Korean cinema have been Shiri and Taegukgi. Shiri was the first big budget Hollywood-style action film made in Korea, which broke box office records and was partially responsible for the popularization of domestic films in the country. Taegukgi, directed five years later, again rewrote box office records, having been seen by over ten million people in South Korea alone.

After establishing his own production film company under his name, he merged it with Myung Films in 2004, forming MK Pictures.^[2]

In an interview for the BBC special Asian Invasion, Kang revealed that he wanted his next project to be a science fiction film. He said, "I have produced two movies about Korea. So now I'm preparing a new movie that is related to something more global--a problem that the whole world is facing right now."

After a 7-year hiatus, in 2011 Kang unveiled his film My Way, set during World War II with a star-studded pan-Asian cast and the highest budget to date for a Korean film.^[3]

Filmography

Feature film

Year	Title	Credited as			Notes
		Director	Writer	Producer
1990	Well, Let's Look at the Sky Sometimes	No	Yes	No
1991	Who Saw the Dragon's Claws	No	Yes	No
1994	Rules of the Game	No	Yes	No
	Days of Roses	No	Yes	No
1996	The Gingko Bed	Yes	Yes	No
1997	Lament	No	Yes	No
1999	Shiri	Yes	Yes	No
2000	The Legend of Gingko	No	No	Yes
2001	Kiss Me Much	No	No	Yes
2004	Taegukgi	Yes	Yes	No
2011	My Way	Yes	Yes	Yes
2014	Awaiting	Yes	Yes	No	Short film
2015	Salut d'Amour	Yes	Yes	No
	Bad Guys Always Die	No	No	Yes
2023	Road to Boston	Yes	No	Yes

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2004	Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Film	Taegukgi	Won
	Grand Bell Awards[4]	Best Director		Nominated
		Best Planning		Nominated
	Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best Film		Nominated
		Best Director		Nominated
		Best Screenplay[a]		Nominated
2005	Asia Pacific Film Festival	Best Film		Won
		Best Director		Won
2015	Golden Goblet Award	Best Film	Salut d'Amour	Nominated

See also

• List of Korean film directors
• Cinema of Korea
• Contemporary culture of South Korea

Notes

1. with Han Ji-hun, Kim Sang-don