Lee Joon-ik and Hwang Dong-hyuk, Directors Chosen as This Year's Best Directors

20th Directors' Cut Awards
Hosted by the Directors Guild of Korea (DGK)

(Left) Lee Joon-ik (Right) Hwang Dong-hyuk / Photo by Megabox Joongang Corp. Plus M, Netflix

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Iseul] Lee Joon-ik and Hwang Dong-hyuk won this year's Best Director awards chosen by film directors.

At the 20th Directors' Cut Awards held on the 24th, director Lee Joon-ik received the Best Director award for the film Jasan-eobo. In the online video service (OTT) category, director Hwang Dong-hyuk, who directed Squid Game, was announced. Director Hwang also won this year's Best Screenplay award.

Actor Lee Byung-hun won this year's Best Actor award for the film Nam-san-ui Bujang-deul (directed by Woo Min-ho), and Jeon Jong-seo received this year's Best Actress award for the film Call (directed by Lee Chung-hyun).

For this year's Best New Actor award, Koo Kyo-hwan, who appeared in the film Peninsula (directed by Yeon Sang-ho) and Netflix's D.P., was announced, and Kang Mal-geum won this year's Best New Actress award for the film Chansil-i-neun Bokdo Manhji (directed by Kim Cho-hee).

The Best Screenplay award went to writer Kim Se-gyeom for the film Jasan-eobo, and the Vision Award was given to director Kim Cho-hee of Chansil-i-neun Bokdo Manhji and director Yoon Dan-bi of Nam-mae-ui Yeoreum-bam.

Director Hong Ui-jung of the film Soundless received the Best New Director award, and the Special Friend Award was given to director Ryu Seung-wan for the film Mogadishu. The International Film Director Award went to director Denis Villeneuve for the film Dune, and the Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to director Lee Hyun-seung.

The Directors' Cut Awards, hosted by the Korean Film Directors' Guild (DGK), originated from the first ceremony held in 1998 by the 'Young Film Directors' group Directors' Cut' and transformed into a DGK-hosted event in 2017, holding a total of 19 ceremonies until 2019.

Due to the pandemic, films released in 2020 and 2021, which could not be awarded separately, were combined for nominee selection. The DGK stated, "Considering not only theatrical feature films but also many series being directed adapting to the OTT environment, we established a 'series category'."

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