Choi Jin-sung (; born 1975) is a South Korean

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and

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. Choi's works reveal aspects of Korean society that have been marginalized by the country's strong waves of economic development, including ''FuckUmentary'' (2001), ''Camellia Project'' (2005), ''Reservoir Dogs Take 1: South-han River (with Windy City)'' (2010), ''Reservoir Dogs Take 2: Nakdong River (with Bard & Jung Mina)'' (2011) and ''Jam Docu GANGJEONG'' (2011). He also directed the documentary film ''

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'' (2012) which follows 32

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K-pop artists on their journey to become the first Asian singers to stage their milestone '' SMTown Live '10 World Tour'' concert at

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in New York and the romance/ mystery thriller '' Steel Cold Winter'' (2013) starring Kim Yoon-hye and Kim Shi-hoo.

Filmography

*''FuckUmentary'' (

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, 2001) -

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*''The World Cup of Their Own ver. 2.0'' (

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, 2002) - director, cinematographer, planner,

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*''For Whom The Gun Tolls'' (short film, 2003) - director, editor *''Hitchhiking'' (short film, 2004) - director,

*''Independent Film Maker's Project To Abolish The National Security Law'' (documentary, 2004) - director, editor *''Catch Me If You Can'' (short film, 2004) - director *''Erotic Chaos Boy'' (documentary, 2005) - director, screenwriter, cinematographer, production director, editor, actor *''Camellia Project'' (2005) - director, screenwriter, editor *'' Dasepo Naughty Girls'' (2006) - screenwriter *''Into the Breeze'' (documentary, 2008) - actor *''Project 320'' (documentary short, 2009) - director *''Reservoir Dogs Take 1: South-han River (with Windy City)'' (short film, 2010) - director *''Reservoir Dogs Take 2: Nakdong River (with Bard & Jung Mina)'' (short film, 2011) - director *''Lee-Sang's strange reversible reaction'' (short film, 2011) - director *''Jam Docu GANGJEONG'' (documentary, 2011) - director, actor *''

'' (documentary, 2012) - director *'' Steel Cold Winter'' (2013) - director,

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, actor *''The Plan'' (documentary, 2017) - director *''The Reservoir Game'' (documentary, 2017) - director *'' Cyber Hell: Exposing an Internet Horror'' (documentary, Netflix; 2022) - director

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* * * 1975 births Living people South Korean film directors South Korean screenwriters Place of birth missing (living people) {{SouthKorea-film-director-stub