Yoon Kyung-ah

In this Korean name, the family name is Yoon.

Yoon Kyung-ah (Korean: 윤경아) is a South Korean television screenwriter.

Yoon Kyung-ah
Born	South Korea
Occupation	Screenwriter
Years active	2010-present
Korean name
Hangul	윤경아
RR	Yun Gyeonga
MR	Yun Kyŏnga

Career

For her first television drama, Yoon Kyung-ah adapted the manga Dragon Zakura, which was previously adapted into a Japanese drama in 2005. Master of Study (also known as God of Study, 2010) is about a determined lawyer who takes up a teaching position at a failing high school. To save the school from the axe, he comes up with the unconventional plan of starting a special class curriculum devoted to getting the school's five worst students into the country's top university. It starred Kim Soo-ro, Bae Doona, and Oh Yoon-ah as the teachers, and Yoo Seung-ho, Go Ah-sung, Lee Hyun-woo, Park Ji-yeon, and Lee Chan-ho as the students.^[1] Manga artist Norifusa Mita said he was satisfied with the Korean adaptation because "the characters have depth," calling the series "energetic and entertaining."^[2] The high school drama reached viewership ratings of 26.8% and topped its timeslot for most of its run.^[3]

Yoon reunited with Master of Study director Yoo Hyun-ki for Brain (2011-2012), saying they chose the topic of neurosurgery because they wanted to tell a story about the human mind.^[4] In order to write realistic episodes, Yoon spent two months at a hospital interviewing doctors, nurses and patients.^[5] On set, a professor of neurosurgery and a head nurse with 27 years of experience also served as consultants. The series was actor Shin Ha-kyun's first network drama in eight years and his portrayal of an arrogant and ambitious second-year fellow striving to succeed to overcome his underprivileged background brought him critical praise and renewed mainstream popularity, winning him the Daesang ("Grand Prize") at the 2011 KBS Drama Awards.^[6] Brain also starred Choi Jung-won, Jo Dong-hyuk and Jung Jin-young.^[7]

Yoon returned to the medical drama genre in 2013 with Medical Top Team, about doctors at the top of their respective fields/specialties gathered together on one team. Directed by Kim Do-hoon (who previously helmed hit period drama Moon Embracing the Sun), it starred Kwon Sang-woo, Jung Ryeo-won, Ju Ji-hoon, Oh Yeon-seo, and Choi Minho.^[8]

Filmography

• Medical Top Team (MBC, 2013)
• Brain (KBS2, 2011-2012)
• Master of Study (KBS2, 2010)