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Chung Chung Hoon



Chung Chung Hoon is a South Korean cinematographer and filmmaker, best known for his collaborations with director Park Chan Wook and also his work in the western film industry. He was the cinematographer of "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl", "Zombieland" and "It".



He attended Dongguk University in 1990 as theater major, he turned his focus on cinematography, directing three shorts and learning the ropes. During his senior year, he made his debut as cinematographer on a feature called "Yuri".



Winner of "Best cinematography" at the 36th Korean Film Critics Association Award in 2016.



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Name Chung Chung Hoon
Nationality South Korean
Gender Male
Born June 15, 1970
Age 52
Type South Korean

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Movie

In 1930s Korea, during a period of Japanese occupation, Sook Hee was hired as a servant to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who led a retired life in a large field with his uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a crook pretending to be a Japanese count to help her sed...
Old Boy (2003)
올드보이
Oh Dae Soo was imprisoned in a cell which resembles in a hotel room for 15 years without knowing his captor's motives. When he is finally released, Dae Soo finds himself still trapped in a web of conspiracy and violence. His own quest for vengeance becomes tied in with romance when he falls for an a...
I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (2006)
싸이보그지만 괜찮아
Yeong Goon works at a radio assembly plant. She also has a secret... Yeong Goon thinks she's a cyborg. One day, while working at the factory, she decides to recharge herself by slitting her wrist and implanting electrical wires in her arm. Yeong Goon's gesture is worth a ticket to New World, a psych...
After thirteen and half years in prison for kidnapping and murdering the boy Park Won Mo, Lee Geum Ja is released and tries to fix her life. She finds a job in a bakery; she orders the manufacturing of a special weapon; she reunites with her daughter, who was adopted by an Australian family; and she...
An undercover cop Lee Ja Sung infiltrates South Korea’s largest crime organization and spends ten years rising in the ranks. When the head of the organization, Goldmoon, is killed, a conflict of power rise between the successors over the head position. The police interfere too with its plan. Jung Ch...
Thirst (2009)
박쥐
Voluntarily participating in an experiment to find a vaccine for the deadly Emmanuel Virus that's devastating Africa, Catholic Priest Sang Hyun manages to become the sole survivor of the experiment due to a contaminated blood transfusion that also infected him with the vampire virus. Back in Korea,...
A horror film collaboration consisting of three segments by three directors from three countries. {Dumplings} Dumplings deals with an aging actress wishing to reclaim her youth goes to a woman who makes dumplings that supposedly have regenerative properties. However, they contain a gruesome secret...
Dasepo Naughty Girls (2006)
다세포 소녀
Based on the popular Internet novel, "Multi-Cell Girl", the film takes place in "No-Use High School", a school renowned for its sexual aberrations. The student body is comprised of sexually ambiguous teenagers, and the student president and vice-present flaunt their taste for S&M. Independent st...
A.D. 667C, a rising kingdom in the Korean peninsula, Shilla, attacks the biggest kingdom Goguryeo in alliance with Tang. Goguryeo has been the most powerful kingdom so far even threatening the Tang Dynasty in China. Natural-born-strategist Kim from Shilla notices Tang’s ambition about conquering Shi...
Choi Do Hyung is the captain who leads the Korean expedition as they take up the challenge of crossing Antarctica for the first time in the world without supplies. The objective is the unreachable point of the Antarctic continent. The crew consists of Seo Jae Kyung, Lee Young Min, Kim Sung Hoon) Yan...
The Record (2000)
찍히면 죽는다
A high school students took a prank too far, resulting in the death of a classmate. After burying him alive, he lashes out from the grave, only to mysteriously disappear just as quick. However, they had also videotaped the act for their own amusement. Now, a masked murderer is tracking the group of...
Blades of Blood (2010)
구르믈 버서난 달처럼
Set in 16th Century Joseon era (1592) South Korea, "Like the Moon Escaping from the Clouds" details the plight of men from the lower classes of society who fight for social equality.
Yuri (1996)
유리
This is an excellent avant garde film. It shows the imaginary world of a Buddhist monk committing crimes or indulging in sexual pleasure, through suggestive or symbolic images during his 40 days of trying to reach Nirvana. Yuri, a 33-year-old Buddhist monk enters the ideological Nirvana, a barren la...
The Unjust (2010)
부당거래
A serial killer attacking primary school students is at large - and five victims cause even the president to be involved in the investigation. When the most likely suspect dies in police custody and the case appears to be in a dead end, the senior police officers decide to create a killer - and anyo...
Sky Blue Hometown (2003)
하늘색 고향
This work is a vivid testimony of the old generation (currently 70 years old or older) of those days, and their excitement of having to participate in the war as a labor army (labor) classified as political hostile forces during World War II. This is a form that weave together with the work of Reek...

Drama

Old Boy (2018)
老男孩
Oldboy revolves around Wu Zheng, a pilot with high-flying work and enviable physics. He is more than able to take responsibility for the lives of countless passengers, but apart from work, he is indomitable and free of mind and basically a child in the heart. His son Xiao Han arrives unexpectedly, f...
Dasepo Naughty Girls (2006)
시리즈 다세포 소녀
“No-Use High School” is a school renowned for its sexual aberrations and sexually ambiguous teenagers, The student president and vice-present flaunt their taste for S&M. Independent study and supplementary classes are done on homosexuality and transgenderism, and teachers and students alike leav...
The New World talks about four childhood friends, Miao Miao, Qing Ting, Xi Shuai and Xiao Cao (they are childhood nicknames) who grew up together in a village but split up as they grew up. Miao Miao, who has now become editor-in-chief of a local newspaper, is looking for her childhood friends. At th...