Im Kwon-Taek
Born in 1936. Since his first feature film in 1962, Im has made over ninety-four films.
Having received several international film awards in the 1980's, he is reputed as the representative Korean director.
His major works include
Sergei BODROV
Studied at VGIK. Made his debut as film director with . Awarded the Grand Prize for at the 1989 Montreal Film Festival and for at the 1996 Karlovy Vary festival.
Erika GREGOR
Pierre RISSIENT
Jhang Yuan
Aruna VASUDEV
Jeannette PAULSON
Philip CHEAN
Max TESSIER
Studied Japanese language and civilization, and English literature. Film critic for several main journals including Le Monde, Positif, since 1965. Specialized in the Asian cinema and wrote numerous articles and books on Japanese film history. A jury member and artistic adviser of film festivals including Cannes.
AHN Seong-Ki
Born is 1952. Ahn graduated from Korea University of Foreign Studies.
He began his acting career as a child star of the 1950's and has since emerged as a revered lead actor of Korean cinema today.
Some of his film-credits include
Shu MAEDA
Born in 1956. A graduate of Kyushu University. Maeda established the independent film group. Office Nouvelle Vague. In 1987, he started the Fukuoka Asian Film Festival, in its tenth-year run, which he is currently director of.
KANG Soo Yeon
Studied Japanese language and civilization, and English literature. Film critic for several main journals including Le Monde, Positif, since 1965. Specialized in the Asian cinema and wrote numerous articles and books on Japanese film history. A jury member and artistic adviser of film festivals including Cannes.
Chris BERRY
Born in London, Berry studied at Leeds University and UCLA. In 1994, he co-curated the first season of Korean films to be screened in Australia. He currently teashes Cinema Studies at La Trobe University in Mellbourne, Austrailia.
BYUN Young Joo
Born in 1966, she studied Law at Ehwa Women's University and Film at Chung-Ang University.
She made a full-length documantary film