Director

Jung Byung-gil

Directing

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Directed credits

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Beginning to build directing work.

TMDB popularity

0.6

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Directed movies: 2Directed series: 0All crew credits: 5

TMDB ID: 548646

IMDb ID: nm3468066

Known for: Directing

Born: August 8, 1980

Age: 45

Place of birth: South Korea

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2008 - 2022

Years active: 15

Average TMDB rating: 6.7

Wikidata: Q15985300

Also known as

정병길 • Jeong Byeong-Gil • Jung Byoung-gil • Byeong-gil Jeong • Byung-gil Jung

Frequent jobs

Director (2)Screenplay (1)Story (1)Writer (1)

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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.

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