
Person
Jung Byung-gil
Directing · Born 1980-08-08 · South Korea
Biography
Jung Byung-gil (born August 7, 1980) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Jung was trained at the Seoul Action School. He graduated from Chung-Ang University, majoring in film, before making his directorial debut with a documentary about stuntmen, Action Boys, in 2008. Jung gained international recognition with the action thriller The Villainess, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2017. He is set to make his Hollywood debut with Afterburn, an adaptation of the comic of the same name, starring Gerard Butler.
Known for

The Villainess
Writer

Carter
Screenplay

Confession of Murder
Director

Action Boys
Self

Memoirs of a Murderer
Story

Bandhobi
Passersby
Untitled Confession of Murder Remake
Original Film Writer
Filmography
- 2022CarterScreenplay
- 2017Memoirs of a MurdererStory
- 2017The VillainessWriter
- 2012Confession of MurderDirector
- 2009BandhobiPassersby
- 2008Action BoysSelf
- —Untitled Confession of Murder RemakeOriginal Film Writer
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