Career

Jeong graduated from School of Film and Theater at Hanyang University

Hanyang University

Hanyang University is one of the most prestigious universities in South Korea. In particular, Hanyang's School of Engineering is one of the oldest engineering schools in Korea. The main campus is Hanyang University at Seoul, located in the Seoul, with its branch campus, the ERICA campus , located...

. After his successful directorial debut with short film Memorial Picture, he was selected as a member of MAMPIST and studied film editing at the Australian Film Television and Radio School. His short film
Hibernation was invited to the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival in 1999 and won Best Director Award at the Shinyoung Film Festival.

In 2005 his heart-warming feature debut Marathon

Marathon (2005 film)

Marathon is a South Korean movie based on the true story of Bae Hyeong-jin, a runner who happens to have autism....

about an autistic athlete was a huge hit in Korea. His next movie was the comedy Shim's Family.

He is currently working on a remake of John Woo

John Woo

John Woo Yu-Sen SBS is a Hong Kong-based film director and producer. Recognized for his stylised films of highly choreographed action sequences, Mexican standoffs, and use of slow-motion, Woo has directed several notable Hong Kong action films, among them, A Better Tomorrow, The Killer, Hard...

's bloody cult classic "A Better Tomorrow

A Better Tomorrow

A Better Tomorrow is a 1986 Hong Kong action film which had a profound influence on the Hong Kong film-making industry, and later on an international scale.Directed by John Woo, it stars Chow Yun-fat, Ti Lung and Leslie Cheung...

" in a joint production between a Hong Kong and a South Korean film company.

Filmography as director

• Marathon
  Marathon (2005 film)
  Marathon is a South Korean movie based on the true story of Bae Hyeong-jin, a runner who happens to have autism....
  
  (2005)
• Skeletons in the Closet aka Shim's Family (2007)
• A Man Who Was Superman
  A Man Who Was Superman
  A Man Who Was Superman is a 2008 South Korean film directed by Jeong Yoon-chul. The film applies techniques of Magical realism to problems arising from the Narcissism of small differences that plagues the modern Korean conscience.- Plot :...
  
  (2008)

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