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SUH Youngjoo
Korea
Finecut Entertainment / CEO
After founding FINECUT in 2008, SUH Youngjoo has produced, financed, and internationally distributed numerous Korean films. Including works from her early career in the 1990's at a Korean film financing and distribution firm, SUH’s filmography now consists of over 200 internationally distributed titles and many award-winning titles from acclaimed directors such as LEE Chang-dong’s BURNING, PARK Chan-wook’s OLD BOY, KIM Jee-woon’s I SAW THE DEVIL, NA Hong-jin’s THE CHASER, HONG Sangsoo’s IN ANOTHER COUNTRY, KIM Ki-duk’s PIETA, and BONG Joon-ho’s THE HOST and recently IM Sang-soo’s HEAVEN which was invited to Cannes 2020 official selection. SUH’s producing credits include films such as Pablo Trapero’s LION’S DEN and CARANCHO, a Korean-Argentine co-production. SUH also co-produced YEON Sangho’s zombie animated feature SEOUL STATION.
In 2014, to expand and diversify her film business towards a Total Agency System, SUH launched Actor’s Management division known as FINECUT ENTERTAINMENT and also established the first Writers’ Agency in Korea, under the brand name “WAF: Writers of Finecut”, representing 29 writers as of 2020.
Now Finecut is in development for diverse movies and series from original IP and novels.
Through FINECUT’s interconnected business divisions, SUH now seeks to focus on producing edgy high-concept films and drama series, pursuing potential synergy between the entertainment business and her production works, thus creating the cradle of global artists.
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KIM Byungin
Korea
Screenwriters Guild of Korea / President
Kim Byungin is the President of Screenwriters’ Guild of Korea, and wrote original screenplay of My Way directed by Kang, Jaegyu. He also wrote a novel D-Day based on the aforementioned screenplay. He invested in 27 Korean Films as a film fund manager of Ilshin Investment and Daesung Investment, Venture Capital companies. He worked as a Senior Vice President of CJ ENM taking charge of co-production and investment with North America. He taught Designing of Screenplay as an adjunct professor at Chugye University of the Art.
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KANG Myungchan
Korea
Perfect Storm Film Inc. / CEO
KANG Myungchan is a producer specialised in Korean and international feature films. Starting with L'Abri in 2001, he has been in the business for 20 years being as a producer of Way Back Home, C'est Si Bon, A Single Rider, Take Point, Ashfall, The Closet and so on. Besides the film productions, being in charge of the overseas unit of TV series such as Descendants of The Sun, The Legend of Blue Sea he is also known as an expert for shooting abroad.
He launched Perfect Storm Film in 2014, a leading production company based in Seoul with an international creative network of the film industry. The company focuses on the development, financing, and production of feature films both at home and overseas.
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