Born in 1960. Whang Cheol-mean received his MA in sociology/media studies from Mainz University and Osnabruck University in Germany, and also completed a Doctorate course in cinematography at Berlin Free University, Germany. He graduated from Deutsche Film und Fernseh Akademie, Berlin. He has been making his own short films, which have been shown in several film festivals in different countries, since 1990. His films include Fuck Hamlet(1996), My All Milky Way(2000), My Girlfriend the Liar(2001), Boiled Egg(2001) and Battle of Okcheon(2001).