Roh Gyeong-tae (born 1972) is a South Korean film producer, director and screenwriter.

Personal life

Born in 1972, Roh studied at

KAIST KAIST (originally the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) is a national university, national research university located in Daedeok Innopolis, Daejeon, South Korea. KAIST was established by the Korean government in 1971 as the ...

and was a former stockbroker at Sam-Sung Securities Company. He later graduated with

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from

San Francisco Art Institute San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) was a Private college, private art school, college of contemporary art in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1871, SFAI was one of the oldest art schools in the United States and the oldest west of the Mis ...

Career

Roh made numerous experimental short films before he debuted with his first feature film ''The Last Dining Table'' in 2006. He emerged as a major talent with his second feature ''Land of Scarecrows'' (2008) which won and shared the New Currents Award with Masahide Ichii's ''Naked of Defenses'' at the 2008

Busan International Film Festival The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF; ), formerly the Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF), held annually in Haeundae District, Busan, South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. The first festival, held fro ...

Filmography

*''The Last Dining Table'' (2006) – director, screenwriter *''Land of Scarecrows'' (2008) – director, screenwriter, producer, writer *''Black Dove'' (2011) – director, script editor *''

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'' (2015) – director, screenwriter, producer

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* * * 1972 births Living people South Korean film directors South Korean screenwriters KAIST alumni {{SouthKorea-film-director-stub