Hong Eun Won
- Name: Hong Eun Won
- Native name: 홍은원
- Nationality: South Korean
- Gender: Female
- Born: September 4, 1922
- Died: January 5, 1999
After Korea was liberated from Japanese rule, Hong and Choi returned to Seoul, and Hong started in the film industry as a continuity girl for Choi’s film "An Innocent Criminal" (1948). After 11 years as a continuity girl, Hong had built her career as an assistant director with Early Spring (1959), Burden of Love (1959), Ah! Baekbeom Kim Ku (1960) and Women Rule (1962), then she made her debut as a screenwriter with Affection and Apathy directed by Shin Kyeong Gyun.
When she turned forty, she made her first feature film A Woman Judge (1962), which made her the second female filmmaker in Korean film history. Her first film dramatized the death of a woman judge, which was inspired by a true event. Through this well-made drama, Hong received recognition for her talents as a director and for her skills to dramatize the ideas. Hong directed two more films such as The Single Mom (1964) and What Misunderstanding Left Behind (1966).
(Source: KoreanFilm) Edit Biography
Director
Title | Rating |
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What Misunderstanding Left Behind | 0.0 |
A Single Mom | 0.0 |
A Woman Judge | 7.3 |
Assistant Director
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The Early Spring | 0.0 |
An Idiot Adada | 0.0 |
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