Park Kwang Soo

  • Name: Park Kwang Soo
  • Native name: 박광수
  • Also Known as: Park Kwang Su
  • Nationality: South Korean
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: January 22, 1955
  • Age: 69
Park Kwang-su (born January 22, 1955) is a South Korean filmmaker. He was born in Sokcho, Gangwon Province and grew up in Busan. Park joined the Yallasung Film Group as a student of Fine Arts at Seoul National University. Upon graduation, he founded and led the Seoul Film Group which was dedicated to renewing Korean film culture and closely tied to the student protest movement. The Seoul Film Group was a significant part of the independent film movement and a strong voice speaking out against the military dictatorship. Park studied film at the ESEC film school in Paris, then returned to Korea to work as an assistant director to Lee Chang-Ho. He made his own first feature in 1988, and in 1993 became the first Korean filmmaker to found his own production company.
Park is considered the leader of the "New Korean Cinema" movement and one of Korea's most distinguished filmmakers. His films have garnered critical acclaim and he has received numerous domestic and international awards for his films. Edit Biography
Director
Year Title Type Rating
1988 Chilsu and Mansu
Movie
7.3
Screenwriter & Director
Year Title Type Rating
2007 Meet Mr. Daddy
Movie
7.6
2003 If You Were Me
Movie
6.6
1999 The Uprising
Movie
7.4
1995 A Single Spark
Movie
7.6
1993 To the Starry Island
Movie
8.3
1991 Berlin Report
Movie
0.0
1990 Black Republic
Movie
8.0
Producer
Year Title Type Rating
1997 Wild Animals
Movie
7.0
Assistant Director
Year Title Type Rating
1986 Lee Jang Ho's Baseball Team
Movie
7.0
Movie
Year Title Role Rating
2012 Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
Korean Movie, 2012,
[Himself] (Support Role)
[Himself]
Support Role
7.2
2010 The 8 Sentiments
Korean Movie, 2010,
Professor Nam (Guest Role)
Professor Nam
Guest Role
0.0
TV Show
Year Title # Role Rating
2016 Secretly Greatly
Korean TV Show, 2016, 23 eps
(Ep. 9) (Guest)
23
(Ep. 9)
Guest
7.1
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  • Native name: 박광수
  • Also Known as: Park Kwang Su
  • Nationality: South Korean
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: January 22, 1955
  • Age: 69

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