Won Shin-yun

In this Korean name, the family name is Won.

Won Shin-yun (born October, 1969) is a South Korean film director. Won has the unique background of having been a stuntman before making his directorial horror film debut The Wig (2005). He filmed a series of thrillers, including A Bloody Aria (2006), Seven Days (2007), The Suspect (2013) and Memoir of a Murderer (2017). The Suspect was a box office hit with over 4.1 million admissions.^[1][2][3][4]

Won Shin-yun
Born	(1969-10-23) October 23, 1969 (age 55) South Korea
Occupation	Film director
Korean name
Hangul	원신연
Revised Romanization	Won Sinyeon
McCune–Reischauer	Wŏn Sinyŏn

Filmography

As director

Feature films

Year	Title	Credited as			Ref.
		Director	Writer	Producer
2005	The Wig	Yes	Yes	No
2006	A Bloody Aria	Yes	Yes	No
2007	Seven Days	Yes	No	No
2013	The Suspect	Yes	No	No
2017	Memoir of a Murderer	Yes	Yes	Yes	[5]
2019	The Battle: Roar to Victory	Yes	No	No
TBA	Seeking the King	Yes	Yes	No
	The Fifth Column	Yes	No	No

Short films

Year	Title	Credited as
		Director	Writer
2002	A Cradle Song	Yes	Yes
2003	Bread and Milk	Yes	Yes

Other

• Piano Man (1996) - stunt/martial art department
• No. 3 (1997) - stunt/martial art department
• Deep Blue (1997) - stunt/martial art department
• Whispering Corridors (1998) - stunt/martial art department
• Calla (1999) - stunt/martial art department
• Robot Taekwon V - Live (2008, aborted due to financing)^[3] - director

Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations

Years	Award	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref(s)
2007	45th Grand Bell Awards	Best Film	Seven Days	Nominated
		Best Director		Nominated
	29th Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best Film		Nominated
		Best Director		Nominated
2019	27th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards [ko]	Grand Prize in a Film	The Battle: Roar to Victory	Won	[6]
		Best Director in a Film		Won
2020	25th Chunsa Film Art Awards	Best Director		Won	[7]