Kwak Jae-yong

Kwak Jae-yong (born 22 May 1959) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He studied physics at Kyung Hee University. He achieved success with his debut film Watercolor Painting in a Rainy Day in 1989, but the failure of his next two movies led to eight years of unemployment before a comeback with the smash-hit film My Sassy Girl in 2001. He is known for his fondness of love stories set in a mix of different genres.

In this Korean name, the family name is Kwak.

Kwak Jae-yong
Born	(1959-05-22) 22 May 1959 (age 65)
Alma mater	Kyung Hee University
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter
Korean name
Hangul	곽재용
Hanja	郭在容
Revised Romanization	Gwak Jae-yong
McCune–Reischauer	Kwak Chaeyong

Filmography

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes
1989	Watercolor Painting in a Rainy Day	Yes	Yes
1992	Autumn Trip	Yes	Yes
1993	Watercolor Painting in a Rainy Day 2	Yes	Yes
2001	My Sassy Girl	Yes	Yes
2002	The Romantic President	No	Yes
2003	The Classic	Yes	Yes
2004	Windstruck	Yes	Yes
	Ark	No	Story
2005	My Girl and I	No	Yes
2006	Daisy	No	Yes
2008	My Mighty Princess	Yes	Yes
	Cyborg She	Yes	Yes	Japanese film
	All About Women	No	Yes	Cameo appearance
2014	Meet Miss Anxiety	Yes	No	Chinese film
2016	Crying Out in Love	Yes	Yes	Chinese film
	Time Renegades	Yes	No
2017	Colours of Wind	Yes	Yes	Japanese film
2021	A Year-End Medley	Yes	No

Awards

Year	Event	Award	Work	Result	Ref.
2002	Grand Bell Awards	Best Adapted Screenplay –	My Sassy Girl	Won	[1]
2003	Hong Kong Film Awards	Best Asian Film		Won
2003	Hochi Film Awards	Best Foreign Language Film		Won
2003	Fant-Asia Film Festival	Most Popular Film		Won
2004	Awards of the Japanese Academy	Best Foreign Film		Nominated