Jin Mo-young
Born
South Korea
OccupationDocumentary filmmaker
Years active1997-present
Korean name
Hangul
진모영
Revised RomanizationJin Mo-yeong
McCune–ReischauerChin Mo-yŏng

Jin Mo-young is a South Korean documentary filmmaker. He directed My Love, Don't Cross That River (2014).

Career

Jin Mo-young has been directing and producing television documentaries since 1997.[1] In 2012, he produced the feature film Shiva, Throw Your Life (directed by Lee Seong-kyu).[2]

Jin made his feature directorial debut in 2014 with My Love, Don't Cross That River, about 98-year-old Jo Byeong-man and 89-year-old Kang Kye-yeol, who'd been married for 76 years.[3] Jin filmed the elderly couple in their mountain village home in Hoengseong County, Gangwon Province for 15 months, until Jo's death.[1] My Love, Don't Cross That River won the Audience Award at the 2014 DMZ International Documentary Film Festival and Best Independent Film at the 2015 KOFRA Film Awards.[4] The film was a surprise hit at the box office, drawing 4.64 million admissions to become the highest grossing Korean independent/documentary film of all time.[5][6][7][8] Jin said, "I tried to shoot the lifelong love of the couple without affectation. [...] Life and death has great meaning. Since I wanted to produce content that could be widely consumed, I though the story was global and could move the hearts of everyone. [...] I didn't expect the response to be this strong. It appears that people from all age groups feel moved by the film. I think it's because it makes people realize what enduring love is about."[9][10][1]

Jin is currently filming his next project Outsider about North Korean defectors, which he calls "a story about a family on the borderline between being native and alien."[1]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ a b c d Lee, Sook-myung (5 January 2015). "JIN Mo-young, Director of MY LOVE, DON'T CROSS THAT RIVER: "There's no need to be caught up in film scores"". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  2. ^ "JIN Mo-young". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  3. ^ Ahn, Sung-mi (15 December 2014). "Gray-haired lovers become cinema hit". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  4. ^ "Han Gong-ju picked as best film of 2014 by Korean film reporters". The Korea Herald. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  5. ^ Sung, So-young (13 December 2014). "Documentary tops box office". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  6. ^ "Heart-Rending Documentary Rewrites Box Office History". The Dong-a Ilbo. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  7. ^ "Indie Documentary Breaks Box-Office Records". The Dong-a Ilbo. 26 December 2014. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  8. ^ Sonia Kil (6 February 2015). "Berlin: Demographics, Technology Favor the Revival of South Korean Indie Films". Variety. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  9. ^ Baek, Byung-yeul (14 December 2014). "Korean docu film tops box office, beats Interstellar, Exodus". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  10. ^ Yim, Ju-ri; Go, Seok-hee (18 December 2014). "Film on elderly couple a surprise hit". Korea Joongang Daily. Retrieved 2015-05-03.

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