
Jung Byung-gil
Known for directing · Born 8 August 1980 · 46 · South Korea
8 credits
Jung Byung-gil (born August 7, 1980) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Jung was trained at the Seoul Action School. He graduated from Chung-Ang University, majoring in film, before making his directorial debut with a documentary about stuntmen, Action Boys, in 2008. Jung gained international recognition with the action thriller The Villainess, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2017. He is set to make his Hollywood debut with Afterburn, an adaptation of the comic of the same name, starring Gerard Butler.
Known for

The Villainess
2017

Carter
2022

Confession of Murder
2012

Memoirs of a Murderer
2017

Action Boys
2008
Untitled Confession of Murder Remake
Untitled Confession of Murder Remake
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Bandhobi
2009
Acting (2)
2009BandhobiPassersbyFilm
2008Action BoysSelfFilm
Directing (2)
2012Confession of MurderDirector, WriterFilm
2008Action BoysDirector, Editor, Writer, Director of PhotographyFilm
Writing (4)
2022CarterScreenplay, Executive Producer, DirectorFilm
2017The VillainessWriter, Director, ProducerFilm
2017Memoirs of a MurdererStoryFilm
—Untitled Confession of Murder RemakeOriginal Film WriterFilm