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Jung Byung-gil

Known for directing · Born 8 August 1980 · 46 · South Korea

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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.

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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