Oh Chung-hwan

In this Korean name, the family name is Oh.

Oh Chung-hwan (Korean: 오충환) is a South Korean drama television director best known for his television dramas series My Love from the Star (2013–2014), The Doctors (2016), While You Were Sleeping (2017), Hotel del Luna (2019), Start-Up (2020), Big Mouth (2022), and Castaway Diva (2023).

Oh Chung-hwan
Alma mater	Seoul National University
Occupation(s)	Drama director, producer
Years active	2006–present
Employers	SBS (2007–2017) Studio Dragon (2018–2020) Next Scene (2021–present
Korean name
Hangul	오충환
Hanja	吳忠煥
RR	O Chunghwan
MR	O Ch'unghwan

Career

Oh began his career in the broadcasting industry through the 2006 SBS New Employee Open Recruitment for drama production director position.^[1] In 2009, Yoo worked as assistant director for directors Son Jung-hyun and Cho Young-Hwang [ko] on a 21-episode drama series called Temptation of an Angel written by Kim Soon-ok.

In 2013, Oh co-directed drama My Love from the Star with director Jang Tae-yoo.^[2]

Oh first work as lead director in full feature-length drama was in 2016 SBS medical drama The Doctors. The drama won Excellence Award in The 'Seoul Drama Awards 2017'. When receiving the award, Oh paid tribute to the late Kim Young-ae.^[3]

In 2021, Oh co-founded Next Scene, a drama production company, with director Park Shin-woo. On March 28, 2022, Studio Dragon announced that it has signed an equity investment contract with Next Scene.^[4]

Filmography

Television series

Year	Title		Credited as			Ref.
	English	Korean	Assistant Director	Co-director	Director
2009	Temptation of an Angel	천사의 유혹	Yes	No	No
2010	The Miracle of Love	사랑의 기적	Yes	No	No	also cameo[5]
2010–2011	Pure Pumpkin Flower	호박꽃 순정	Yes	No	No	[6]
2012	History of a Salaryman	샐러리맨 초한지	Yes	No	No	[7]
	Five Fingers	다섯 손가락	Yes	No	No	[8]
	The Birth of a Family	가족의 탄생	No	Yes	No	[9]
2013–2014	My Love from the Star	별에서 온 그대	No	Yes	No	[10]
2015	Run towards Tomorrow	내일을 향해 뛰어라	No	No	Yes	[11]
	A Girl Who Sees Smells	냄새를 보는 소녀	No	Yes	No	[12]
2016	The Doctors	닥터스	No	No	Yes	[4]
2017	While You Were Sleeping	당신이 잠든 사이에	No	No	Yes	[13]
2019	Hotel del Luna	호텔 델루나	No	No	Yes	[14][15][16]
2020	Start-Up	스타트업	No	No	Yes	[17]
2022	Big Mouth	빅 마우스	No	No	Yes	[18]
2023	Castaway Diva	무인도의 디바	No	No	Yes	[19]

Casting

Oh frequently re-casts actors whom he has worked with on previous dramas.

Recurring casts

Actor Work	Bae Suzy	Lee Jong-suk	Kim Joo-hun	Kim Soo-hyun	Nam Da-reum	Yeo Jin-goo
Temptation of an Angel
Pure Pumpkin Flower
History of a Salaryman
Five Fingers
The Birth of a Family
My Love from the Star	Y			Y
Run towards Tomorrow
A Girl Who Sees Smells
The Doctors
While You Were Sleeping	Y	Y			Y
Hotel del Luna				Y	Y	Y
Start-Up	Y		Y		Y	Y
Big Mouth		Y	Y
Castaway Diva			Y

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
50th Baeksang Arts Awards	2014	Best Director–Television[a]	My Love from the Star	Nominated	[20]
7th Korea Drama Awards		Best Production Director[a]		Nominated	[21]
3rd APAN Star Awards		Best Production Director[a]		Won	[22]
27th Grimae Awards		Best Production Director[a]		Won	[23]
Seoul International Drama Awards	2021	Outstanding Korean Drama	Start-Up	Won	[24][25]

See also

• Jang Tae-yoo
• Park Hye-ryun

Notes

1. Co-directing with Jang Tae-yoo