Jeong Yoon-cheol

Jeong Yoon-cheol (born May 14, 1971) is a South Korean film director. He is known for his film Marathon.

Career
Jeong graduated from School of Film and Theater at Hanyang University. After his successful directorial debut with short film Memorial Picture, he was selected as a member of MAMPIST and studied film editing at the Australian Film Television and Radio School. His short film Hibernation was invited to the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival in 1999 and won Best Director Award at the Shinyoung Film Festival.

In 2005 his heart-warming feature debut Marathon about an autistic athlete was a huge hit in Korea. His next movie was the comedy Shim's Family.

Filmography as director

 * Marathon (2005)
 * Skeletons in the Closet aka Shim's Family (2007)
 * Third Gaze
 * Isn't It Good
 * A Man Who Was Superman (2008)
 * Warriors of the Dawn (2017)