Jung Jong-yeon

Jung Jong-yeon (; born October 6, 1976) is a South Korean television producer and director. Jeong is best known for producing and directing the popular reality shows The Genius, Society Game and The Great Escape. He also directed on Korea's Got Talent.

He worked at CJ E&M (parent company of tvN, TVING) from 2011 to 2022, and in 2022 he left CJ E&M and moved to TEO, founded by fellow director Kim Tae-Ho.

Filmography Ref:

As producer-director Year Title Network 2011 – 2012 Korea's Got TalenttvN 2013 – 2015 The Genius 2016 – 2017 The Society Game 2018 — present Great Escape 2019 Trans-Siberian Pathfinders 2020 Decoding Meow 2021 — present Girls' High Mystery Class TVING 2023 — present The Devil's Plan Netflix 2024 — present Agents of Mystery

Criticism/controversy Plagiarism Issue

Jung Jong-yeon was criticized for plagiarism in Korea. In particular, his first hit, The Genius, had many similarities with the Japanese series Liar Game, and faced a lot of criticism for rip-off the Liar Game's own game and claiming that it was a game they made themselves.

Also he also apologized after it has been revealed that the ciphertext appeared in the Great Escape has copied the Linto's language from Japanese TV series Kamen Rider Kuuga.

Animal abuse Jung Jong-yeon's TV show "Decoding Meow" has been controversial for Adoption fraud, Speciesism and Breed Discrimination, animal abuse. As a result, Decoding Meow has broadcast only 6 episode and ended earlier.

Alleged relation with the Nth room case During early 2020, the Nth room case garnered national attention in South Korea. In April 2020 it was alleged by internet users that Jung Jong-yeon was one of the participants in the Nth Room.