Filmmaker R&K

Filmmaker R&K is a film production company based in Seoul, South Korea. Established in 2005, by Kang Hye-jung and Ryoo Seung-wan. Its notable works mostly directed by Ryoo Seung-wan such as Veteran, The Battleship Island, Escape from Mogadishu and Smugglers. They also has other projects from other directors such as Exit, Hostage: Missing Celebrity.

History

Director Ryoo Seung-wan and Kang Hye-jeong coined the name Filmmaker R&K since they made their first short film together in 1996. The company was named after both of their surnames. Its Chinese characters have a meaning of being soft on the outside and strong on the inside, but it also represents Ryoo Seung-wan on the outside and Kang Hye-jung on the inside.
Filmmaker R&K formally established on May 4, 2005. Director Ryoo Seung-wan and Kang Hye-jeong used the bonus that Ryoo received for film Arahan as capital for the company's establishment. Kang Hye-jung is the CEO.

Filmmaker R&K first film production after its establishment was The City of Violence, a South Korean action thriller film co-written and directed by Ryoo Seung-wan, who stars in the film opposite action director and longtime collaborator Jung Doo-hong.
In 2017, Filmmaker R&K established a joint production system with Film K starting with The Battleship Island. Followed by On Your Wedding Day and Svaha: The Sixth Finger.