Hwang Dong-hyuk | |
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![]() Hwang in January 2014 | |
Born | Seoul, South Korea | May 26, 1971
Other names | Hwang Dong-hyeuk |
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Years active | 2000–present |
Agent | Creative Artists Agency[1] |
Notable work | Silenced and Squid Game |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 황동혁 |
Hanja | 黃東赫 |
Revised Romanization | Hwang Dong-hyeok |
McCune–Reischauer | Hwang Tonghyŏk |
Hwang Dong-hyuk (Korean: 황동혁; Hanja: 黃東赫; born May 26, 1971) is a South Korean film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the 2011 crime drama film Silenced, and for creating the 2021 Netflix survival drama series Squid Game. Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2022.[2]