Spot Info
Real Name: Park Jung-bum
Nickname: Park
Other names: Bak Jeong-beom
Personal Details
Nationality: South Korean
Religion: no religion
Mother Tongue: Korean
Languages Known: Korean
Zodiac Sign: Pisces
Birth Place: Seoul, South Korea
Born on: 1976
Age As On Today: 48 years
Hometown: Seoul
Gender: Male
Martial Status: Single
Education Details
School: Busan High School
College: Seoul National University
Education Qualification: Politics
Park Jung-bum (born 1976) is a film director, screenwriter, and actor from South Korea. The Journals of Musan (2011), Park’s directorial debut, won the New Currents Award and the FIPRESCI Award at the 15th Busan International Film Festival, the Golden Star at the 10th Marrakech International Film Festival, the Tiger Award at the 39th International Film Festival Rotterdam, the Grand Prize, and Young Critics Award at the 47th Pesaro International Film Festival, and the Jury Prize and Young Critics Award at the 47th Pesaro International Film Festival. Park Jung-bum, who graduated from Yonsei University with a major in physical education and aspired to be a physical education teacher, broke into the film industry in 2000 when his short film TEMPLEMENTARY won the grand award at the Yonsei Film Festival.
In 2001, the 16-millimeter short film I directed and starred in and selected for the Wide Angle section of the Busan International Film Festival and the Seoul Independent Film Festival. Later, he enrolled at Dongguk University’s Graduate School of Video and seriously studied films. He was the assistant director of Lee Chang-work, Dong’s Poetry, and earned the Special Jury Prize at the 7th Mise en scene Short Film Festival in 2008 for his short narrative 125 Jeon Seung-Chul, which is the forerunner to The Journals of Musan. He had won the award for excellence for 125 jeon Seunf- Chul in 2008 at the 34th Seoul Independent Film Festival, Silver Astor for Best Actor in 2014 at 29th Mar del Plata International Film Festival, and Jury Grand Prize in 2015 at the 9th Asia Pacific Screen Awards for his movie Alive.
- Korean
Park Kwang-su
- Korean
Moon So-ri
Professional Details
Skills: ["Director","Screenplay Writer"]
Profession: ["Director","Screenplay Writer"]
Casual Details
Likes: movies, reading
Interests Details
Pets: Poodle
Cars: Kia Forte
Physical Details
Eye colour: Black
Hair Colour: Black
Favourites
Favourite Actor: Yoo Ah-in
Favourite Color: Black
Favourite Movies: Gwoemul
Career
Debut Year: 2001
First Break: Poetry (2010) - assistant director
Awards: 1. 2008 34th Seoul Independent Film Festival: Award for Excellence (125 Jeon Seung-chul)[23]
2. 2011 10th Tribeca Film Festival: Best New Narrative Filmmaker (The Journals of Musan)[24]
3. 2011 20th Buil Film Awards: Best New Director (The Journals of Musan)
4. 2011 31st Korean Association of Film Critics Awards: Best New Director (The Journals of Musan)
5. 2014 29th Mar del Plata International Film Festival: Silver Astor for Best Actor (Alive)[25]
6. 2015 9th Asia Pacific Screen Awards: Jury Grand Prize (Alive)
