Kwak Kyung-taek

Kwak Kyung-taek is a South Korean film director best known for his 2001 record-breaking film Friend.

Career

Friend, a drama where conflicting criminal alliances turn old friends into enemies, set a new Korean box office record with an audience of 8 million, and he received the Holden Award for the Best Script at the 2001 Torino Film Festival. In 2003, he received an award at the Philadelphia Film Festival for the boxing drama film Champion. His 2005 action film Typhoon, however, was a commercial failure.

Filmography as director

Yeongchang Story Dr. K Friend Champion Mutt Boy Typhoon A Love Eye for an Eye Pained The Ugly Duckling Friend: The Great Legacy The Classified File RV: Resurrected Victims The Battle of Jangsari

''The Firefighters''

Awards and nominations

1995 2nd Seoul Short Film Festival Excellence Award, "Yeongchang Story"
2001 9th Chunsa Film Awards Director of the Year Award for Friend
2001 9th Chunsa Film Awards Chunsa Grand Prize Winner Friend
2001 Today's Young Artist Award Friend
2001 22nd Blue Dragon Film Awards Korean Film Audience Award : Friend
2007 27th Hawaii International Film Festival Best Director Award for A Love
2015 24th Buil Film Awards Best Director Award : The Classified File
2018 38th Korean Film Critics Association Awards Best Screenplay: RV: Resurrected Victims
2018 39th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Screenplay: RV: Resurrected Victims
2019 55th Baeksang Arts Awards Film Category Screenplay Award: RV: Resurrected Victims
2025 12th Korean Film Producers Association Awards Best Director: ''The Firefighters''