| Birth Date: | 22 May 1959 | ||||||||||
| Occupation: | Film director, screenwriter | ||||||||||
| Alma Mater: | Kyung Hee University | ||||||||||
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Kwak Jae-yong (born 22 May 1959) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He studied physics at Kyung Hee University. He achieved success with his debut film Watercolor Painting in a Rainy Day in 1989, but the failure of his next two movies led to eight years of unemployment before a comeback with the smash-hit film My Sassy Girl in 2001. He is known for his fondness of love stories set in a mix of different genres.
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Watercolor Painting in a Rainy Day | ||||
| 1992 | Autumn Trip | ||||
| 1993 | Watercolor Painting in a Rainy Day 2 | ||||
| 2001 | My Sassy Girl | south korea film | |||
| 2002 | The Romantic President | ||||
| 2003 | The Classic | south korea film | |||
| 2004 | Windstruck | ||||
| Ark | |||||
| 2005 | My Girl and I | ||||
| 2006 | Daisy | ||||
| 2008 | My Mighty Princess | ||||
| Cyborg She | Japanese film | ||||
| All About Women | Cameo appearance | ||||
| 2014 | Meet Miss Anxiety | Chinese film | |||
| 2016 | Crying Out in Love | Chinese film | |||
| Time Renegades | |||||
| 2017 | Colours of Wind | Japanese film | |||
| 2021 | A Year-End Medley |
| Year | Event | Award | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Grand Bell Awards | Best Adapted Screenplay – | My Sassy Girl | [1] | |
| 2003 | Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Asian Film | |||
| 2003 | Hochi Film Awards | Best Foreign Language Film | |||
| 2003 | Fant-Asia Film Festival | Most Popular Film | |||
| 2004 | Awards of the Japanese Academy | Best Foreign Film |