Na Hong-jin
Na Hong-jin
01.01.1974 (50 years) (Seoul, South Korea)
Na Hong-jin (Korean: 나홍진, born 1974) is a South Korean film director, producer and screenwriter. Na has won a multitude of awards with his films and most known for violent thriller and horror characteristics in his films.Na first became recognised after releasing his first feature film debut titled The Chaser (2008) achieving both critical and commercial success, becoming the 3rd most selling film in Korea in 2008 and winning many awards such as Best film and director of the 45th Grand Bell Awards, Best film of the 7th Korean Film Awards as well as Best new director for many more. Na’s 2nd film The Yellow Sea (2010) was screened under the Un Certain Regard section at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and received positive critical reviews on Metacritic. The Wailing (2016) is the next and most recent film that Na has directed which achieved both critical and commercial success, as well as accumulating a bounty of film awards such as the Best director of the 37th Blue Dragon Film Awards, the Bucheon International Film Festival award, and many more. Na worked on the Thai horror mockumentary The Medium (2021) as the writer and producer.