Won Shin-yun

Won Shin-yun (born October, 1969) is a South Korean film director. Won has the unique background of having been a stuntman before making his directorial horror film debut The Wig (2005). Since then, he has shown strong talent in action thriller movies through A Bloody Aria (2006), Seven Days (2007) and The Suspect (2013). The Suspect was a box office hit with over 4.1 million admissions.[1][2][3]

This is a Korean name; the family name is Won.
Won Shin-yun
Born (1969-10-23) October 23, 1969
South Korea
OccupationFilm director
Korean name
Hangul
Revised RomanizationWon Sin-yeon
McCune–ReischauerWŏn Sin-yŏn

His upcoming action thriller movie The Fifth Column which depicts the conflict and conspiracy that an army criminal investigator (starring Song Kang-ho) has to face, will begin filming in the second half of 2016.[4]

Filmography
  • Piano Man (1996) - stunt/martial art department
  • No. 3 (1997) - stunt/martial art department
  • Deep Blue (1997) - stunt/martial art department
  • Whispering Corridors (1998) - stunt/martial art department
  • Calla (1999) - stunt/martial art department
  • A Cradle Song (short film, 2002) - director, screenwriter
  • Bread and Milk (short film, 2003) - director, screenwriter
  • The Wig (2005) - director, script editor
  • A Bloody Aria (2006) - director, screenwriter
  • Seven Days (2007) - director, script editor
  • Robot Taekwon V - Live (2008, aborted due to financing)[3] - director
  • The Suspect (2013) - director, script editor
  • Memoir of a Murderer[5] (2017) - director, screenwriter
  • The Fifth Column (2019) - director
  • The Battle: Roar to Victory (2019) - director
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References
  1. "WON Shin-yun". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
  2. Jeong, Han-seok (11 December 2015). "Master of Irony, Black Comedy and Action". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
  3. Lee, Yong-cheol (6 January 2014). "WON Shin-yun, Director of THE SUSPECT "Something that action genre fans remember for a long time"". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
  4. "Song Kang-ho confirmed for action thriller movie 'Fifth Column'". Hancinema. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  5. "Kim Nam-gil joins Seol Kyeong-gu in A Murderer's Guide to Memorization". Hancinema. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 2016-05-22.


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