Kwak Kyung-taek
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BornMay 23, 1966
OccupationsFilm director, screenwriter
Yearsactive1997–present
RelativesKwak Sin-ae (sister)
Kwak Kyung-taek | |
|---|---|
_제작보고회_현장영상_(곽경택).jpg) Kwak in October 2013 | |
| Born | May 23, 1966 |
| Occupations | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Relatives | Kwak Sin-ae (sister) |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 곽경택 |
| RR | Gwak Gyeongtaek |
| MR | Kwak Kyŏngt'aek |
Kwak Kyung-taek (Korean: 곽경택; born 23 May 1966) is a South Korean film director best known for his 2001 record-breaking film Friend.
Friend, a drama where conflicting criminal alliances turn old friends into enemies, set a new Korean box office record with an audience of 8 million, and he received the Holden Award for the Best Script at the 2001 Torino Film Festival. In 2003, he received an award at the Philadelphia Film Festival for the boxing drama film Champion. His 2005 action film Typhoon, however, was a commercial failure.[citation needed]
Filmography as director
- Yeongchang Story (1995, short film)
- 3pm Bathhouse Paradise (1997)
- Dr. K (1999) Dr. K
- Friend (2001)[1]
- Champion (2002)
- Mutt Boy (2003)[2][3]
- Typhoon (2005)[4][5][6]
- A Love (2007)[7]
- Eye for an Eye (2008)[8][9]
- Pained (2011)[10][11][12]
- The Ugly Duckling (2012)
- Friend: The Great Legacy [13][14][15]
- The Classified File (2015)[16][17][18]
- RV: Resurrected Victims (2017)[19]
- The Battle of Jangsari (2019)[20]
- The Firefighters (2024)[21]
