Yoon Jong-bin
Born (1979-12-20) December 20, 1979 (age 44)
Busan, South Korea
EducationChung-Ang University - Filmmaking
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
尹鐘彬
Revised RomanizationYun Jong-bin
McCune–ReischauerYun Jongbin

Yoon Jong-bin (Korean: 윤종빈; born December 20, 1979) is a South Korean film director.

Career

Yoon Jong-bin's Chung-Ang University graduation thesis film was The Unforgiven, which portrayed masculine codes in the Korean military with honesty and sensitivity. And despite its rough edges due to technical limitations and a low budget, the film was a smash hit at the 2005 Busan International Film Festival and won several awards, including the NETPAC. It went on to travel to a number of festivals, winning awards and international critical acclaim.[1][2]

His sophomore effort Beastie Boys (also known as The Moonlight of Seoul) showed another side of men -- male hosts who serve female clients in discreet salons tucked into the affluent fashion districts of southern Seoul.[3][2]

In his third film Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time, Yoon tackled corruption among prosecutors and customs officers and their collusion with the mob in 1980-1990s Busan.[4][5] Unlike his first two films, Yoon's gangster saga was popular at the box office and became one of the biggest domestic hits of 2012.[6][7]

Yoon further explored the themes of injustice and violence in his fourth film Kundo: Age of the Rampant, a tale of 19th-century Joseon bandits who waged war against the nobility and corrupt government officials.[8] When asked where he drew his inspiration from, Yoon answered, "I tapped into movies that I used to love as a child. Rather than making an intellectual film, I wanted to get hearts racing."[9] By not giving the protagonist "hero-like characteristics," Yoon said he wanted to say through the film that "it is not the special or talented people, but very ordinary people who can change the world, especially when gathered en masse."[10]

Yoon has worked with close friend and fellow Chung-Ang University alumnus Ha Jung-woo in all four of his features.

Filmography

Feature films

Year Film Credited as
Director Screenwriter Producer Actor
2004 Identification of a Man Yes Yes No No
2005 The Unforgiven Yes Yes Yes Yes
2008 The Moonlight of Seoul Yes Yes No No
Nowhere to Turn No No No Yes
2012 Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time Yes Yes No Yes
2013 The Berlin File No No No Yes
2014 Kundo: Age of the Rampant Yes No Yes No
2015 A Violent Prosecutor No No Yes No
2016 A Quiet Dream No No No Yes
2018 The Spy Gone North Yes Yes No No
2019 Money No No Yes No
2020 The Closet No No Yes No

Television

Year Title Credited as Notes
Director Writer Producer
2022 Narco-Saints Yes Yes No Netflix original series

Recurring cast

Recurring casts
Year
Actor
Work
2004 Identification of a Man
2005 The Unforgiven checkY
2008 The Moonlight of Seoul checkY checkY
2012 Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time checkY checkY checkY
2014 Kundo: Age of the Rampant checkY checkY checkY checkY
2015 A Violent Prosecutor checkY checkY
2018 The Spy Gone North checkY checkY checkY
2019 Money
2020 The Closet checkY
2022 Narco-Saints checkY checkY

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination
Award ceremony Year Category Nominee / Work Result Ref.
Asian Academy Creative Awards 2023 Best Direction – Fiction (National Winners – Korea) Narco-Saints Won [11][12]
Baeksang Arts Awards 2018 Best Film The Spy Gone North Won [13]
Best Director – Film Nominated
Best Screenplay – Film[a] Nominated
Blue Dragon Film Awards 2018 Best Film Nominated [14]
Best Director Won
Best Screenplay[a] Nominated
Buil Film Awards 2018 Best Film Won [15][16]
Best Director Nominated
Best Screenplay[a] Won
Director's Cut Awards 2023 Best Director in Television Narco-Saints Won [17]
Best Screenplay Won
Grand Bell Awards 2018 Best Film The Spy Gone North Nominated [18][19]
Best Director Nominated
Best Screenplay[a] Nominated
Best Planning Nominated
Korean Association of Film Critics Awards 2018 Top 11 Films Won [20]
Best Director Won
Korea Best Star Awards 2018 Director Award Won [21]
Korea Culture and Entertainment Awards 2018 Best Film Won [22][23]
Best Director Won
KOFRA Film Awards 2018 Best Film Won [24]
The Seoul Awards 2018 Best Film Won [25][26]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d with Kwon Sung-hwi

References

  1. ^ Kim, Kyu Hyun. "The Unforgiven". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2012-06-24.
  2. ^ a b D'Sa, Nigel (22 April 2008). "YOON's Moonlight of Seoul to open May 1st". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  3. ^ "K-FILM REVIEWS: 비스티 보이즈 (The Moonlight of Seoul)". Twitch Film. 30 July 2008. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  4. ^ Jung, Hyun-mok (17 February 2012). "Controversial director tackles corruption in Nameless Gangster". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on July 10, 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-18.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ Templin, Jacob (10 April 2012). "Nameless Gangster: The Korean Mob Film Scorsese Would Be Proud Of". Time. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  6. ^ "Nameless Gangster Emerging as Hottest Korean Movie of the Year". The Chosun Ilbo. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  7. ^ Hong, Lucia (9 April 2012). "Korean movies notch up higher number in 1Q ticket sales". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  8. ^ Jang, Sung-ran (7 August 2014). "In Kundo, Yoon aimed to entertain". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-08-08.
  9. ^ Sunwoo, Carla (13 June 2014). "Chemistry for Ha, Kang in Kundo". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
  10. ^ Ahn, Sung-mi (20 July 2014). "Herald Review: No heroes in hero flick Kundo". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2014-07-22.
  11. ^ "2023 Award Ceremonies". Asian Academy Creative Awards. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
  12. ^ "National Winners 2023" (PDF). Asian Academy Creative Awards. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
  13. ^ Cho, Yeon-gyeong (April 5, 2019). 55회 백상예술대상 영화부문 최종 후보 공개. Is Plus (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  14. ^ 청룡영화상 후보 발표, ‘1987’ 최다·‘공작’도 9개부문 후보. Newsen (in Korean). November 1, 2018.
  15. ^ [23회 부산국제영화제] 부일영화상. Busan Daily (in Korean). 20 September 2018.
  16. ^ 5관왕 ‘공작’, ‘허스토리’와 함께 부산 품었다(종합) [27회 부일영화상]. MK Sports (in Korean). 5 October 2018.
  17. ^ Yoon, Ki-baek (February 24, 2023). "박찬욱 '헤어질 결심', 디렉터스컷 어워즈 5관왕" [Park Chan-wook's 'Decision to Break Up' wins 5 Director's Cut Awards] (in Korean). E-daily. Retrieved February 24, 2023 – via Naver.
  18. ^ 제55회 대종상, 각 부문 후보 공개…'공작' 12개 최다부문 노미네이트. Sports Seoul (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  19. ^ '버닝', 대종상 작품상 영예...1주기 故김주혁, 특별상 수상 [종합]. Osen (in Korean). 22 October 2018.
  20. ^ [공식]이성민·한지민 '영평상' 남녀주연상…'1987' 작품상. Sports Chosun (in Korean). October 22, 2018.
  21. ^ "이순재·김윤석·장동건·수애, 베스트 주연상 수상..12일 시상식 [공식입장]". Osen (in Korean). December 12, 2018.
  22. ^ "2018년 제 26회 "대한민국 문화연예대상" 성황리 개최". NB News (in Korean). November 29, 2018.
  23. ^ 2018년 제 26회 "대한민국 문화연예대상" 성황리 개최. NB News (in Korean). November 29, 2018.
  24. ^ "'올해의 영화상' 이성민X한지민, 남녀주연상..작품상 '공작'[종합]". Osen (in Korean). 30 January 2019.
  25. ^ ‘제2회 더 서울어워즈’ 10월27일 개최, 드라마-영화 각 부문별 후보공개. iMBC (in Korean). September 28, 2018.
  26. ^ [2회 더서울어워즈] '나의아저씨·공작' 대상…이병헌·김남주·하정우·손예진 주연상(종합). Ilgan Sports (in Korean). October 27, 2018.

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