Ahn Gooc-jin (born 1980), is a South Korean

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and

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. Ahn's directorial feature debut '' Alice in Earnestland'' (2015) has won various awards, including New Talent Award at the 39th Hong Kong Asian Film Festival, Best Screenplay at the 52nd Baeksang Arts Awards and Best Independent Film Director at the 16th

Director's Cut Awards The Director's Cut Awards () is an annual awards ceremony for excellence in film in South Korea. It is presented by the Korea Film Director's Network (KFDN), a group of approximately 300 Korean filmmakers. The KFDN selects winners in the Korean f ...

Career

Ahn was born in 1980. Ahn had his TV debut in 2018 through the

Drama Stage ''Drama Stage'' () is a South Korean weekly television program that features ten one-act dramas, which is similar to KBS2 The Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) () is the national broadcaster of South Korea. Founded in February 1927, it is one ...

episode ''All About My Rival in Love''.

Filmography

*''Stop by My House'' (

short film A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...

, 2008) -

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editor Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, photographic, visual, audible, or cinematic material used by a person or an entity to convey a message or information. The editing process can involve correction, condensation, ...

*''

A Little Pond ''A Little Pond'' () is a 2009 South Korean feature film written and directed by Lee Saang-woo depicting the massacre of South Korean refugees by American soldiers at No Gun Ri in late July 1950, early in the Korean War. The ensemble cast, who d ...

'' (2009) - production assistant *''

Poetry Poetry (derived from the Greek '' poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings ...

'' (2010) - production assistant *''Double Clutch'' (

, 2012) - director, screenwriter, editor *''

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'' (2012) - 1st

assistant director The role of an assistant director on a film includes tracking daily progress against the filming production schedule, arranging logistics, preparing daily call sheets, checking cast and crew, and maintaining order on the set. They also have t ...

*'' Alice in Earnestland'' (2015) - director, screenwriter, editor *''

: All About My Rival in Love'' (2018) - director *''

SF8 ''SF8'' () is a South Korean Science fiction film, science fiction anthology series, anthology Korean drama series, television series. It is a movie-drama crossover project between Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation, MBC, the Directors Guild of Kore ...

'' ("Baby It’s Over Outside" episode) (2020) - director

Awards

*2015 39th Hong Kong Asian Film Festival: New Talent Award ('' Alice in Earnestland'') *2016 52nd

Baeksang Arts Awards The Baeksang Arts Awards (), also known as the Paeksang Arts Awards, are awards for excellence in film, television and theatre in South Korea. The awards were first introduced in 1965 by Chang Key-young, the founder of the Hankook Ilbo newspap ...

: Best Screenplay (Film) ('' Alice in Earnestland'') *2016 16th

: Best Independent Film Director ('' Alice in Earnestland'')

References

External links

* * * 1980 births Living people South Korean film directors South Korean screenwriters Kyung Hee University alumni {{SouthKorea-film-director-stub