Juries

The 29th Busan International Film FestivalCGK Award Juries

PARK Junghun

Korea Director of Photography

Park Jung-hun entered the film industry in 2002 as a member of the production crew for the film Chihwaseon and shot his first feature film Grape Candy in 2012. Afterward he filmed numerous independent films, as well as his first commercial feature The Villainess (2017). With impressive handheld filming and new camera techniques, he has created unique action films that received worldwide recognition and won the Buil Film Award, Busan Film Critics Association Award, and the Grand Bell Award in 2017. Since then he has been active in both the independent and commercial film scenes, working on HerStory (2017), Door Lock (2018), A French Woman (2019), Voice of Silence (2019), and Victory (2024).

SUNG Seungtaek

Korea Director of Photography

Sung Seung-taek graduated from the School of Film, TV & Multimedia at the Korea National University of Arts in 2003, and made his debut as a director of photography for the film Flying Boys (2004). He has worked on You Are My Sunshine (2005), The Cut (2007), Ghost Sweepers (2012), Love Forecast (2014), Room No. 7 (2017), Inseparable Bros (2018), Whispering Corridors 6 : The Humming (2020), and Single in Seoul (2023) among others. He currently serves as a professor in the Department of Film and TV at Jeonju University.

CHO Yongkyu

Korea Director of Photography

Cho Yongkyu, born in 1964, graduated from the Department of Sociology at Sungkyunkwan University. He is a member of the 11th class of the Korean Academy of Film Arts. He worked on Family Ties (2006) and Like A Virgin (2006), both of which received critical as well as audience acclaim. He also worked as the cinematographer on Lee Chang-dong’s Secret Sunshine (2007). His relentless experimentation and exploration of visual techniques continue to this day. His extensive filmography includes features such as Timeless, Bottomless, Bad Movie (1997), Rub Love (1997), Art Museum By The Zoo (1998), Die Bad (2000), Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000), I Wish I Had a Wife (2000), Conduct Zero (2002), The Uninvited (2003), The President’s Barber (2004), and Crying Fist (2005).

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