Park Kwang-hyun

Bae-jong (; born Park Kwang-hyun on August 21, 1969) is a South Korean commercial and film director. He is best known for co-writing and directing the critical and commercial hit Welcome to Dongmakgol.

Early life Park Kwang-hyun grew up in the countryside with his grandmother. When he was in primary school, he began watching his first films, like Superman and Robot Taekwon V, and fell in love with the art of cinema. He would talk about films with his friends all day, and go to the movie theater any chance he got.

Career For his college degree, Park studied Visual Design at Hongik University. After graduation, Park started his own company with a few friends, and went on to become one of the most acclaimed figures in the CF (Commercial Film) field. He shot several famous commercials with top stars, from Kyobo Life with Choi Min-sik, to the McDonald's "Don't bet your life" series with Shin Ha-kyun and Im Won-hee. My Nike had a sense of nostalgia, based on Park's own childhood memories as a teenager growing up in 1980s Korea and tinted with fantasy (with an homage to E.T.). Park's first feature film Welcome to Dongmakgol attracted more than 8 million viewers in 2005, making it the second highest-grossing movie that year and among Korean box office's highest of all time.

Filmography Film YearTitleCredited asEnglishKoreanDirectorWriterProducer2005 Welcome to Dongmakgol 2017 Fabricated City 조작된 도시

Short film

Television Year Title Role Notes English Korean2022–2023 Island 아일랜드 Director Part 1–2

Awards and nominations