Jin Hyuk is a South Korean televisiondirector. He directed Brilliant Legacy, City Hunter, Prosecutor Princess, Master's Sun, Doctor Stranger, and Legend of the Blue Sea.
Career
Jin Hyuk graduated from Yonsei Universityin 2001 with a degree in Business Administration, then joined the TV networkSeoul Broadcasting System. He first worked as a producer, became an assistant director from 2003 to 2007, then a second unit director in 2008. In 2009, Jin directed his first television drama, Brilliant Legacy. A Cinderella-esque story about a poor, kind-hearted girl who becomes the sole heiress of a rich, elderly woman who wants to teach her spoiled family a lesson, Brilliant Legacy became an unexpected hit, reaching a peak viewership rating of 47.1%, and catapulted its relatively unknown stars Han Hyo-joo and Lee Seung-gi to fame. Jin won Best Drama PD at the 17th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards, and was nominated for Best New Television Director at the 46th Baeksang Arts Awards. He and Brilliant Legacy screenwriter So Hyun-kyung collaborated again for Prosecutor Princess, a romantic comedy/legal drama in which a vain and shallow law graduate is forced to work as a public prosecutor which gradually changes her outlook on the world. City Hunter followed in 2011, which Jin considered a prequel of the same-titledmanga by Tsukasa Hojo, transforming its protagonist into a Blue HouseIT expert by day, and a vengeful, justice-seeking vigilante by night. Despite middling domestic ratings for both series, Kim So-yeon drew praise for her comic acting inProsecutor Princess, while her co-star Park Si-hoo and City Hunterlead actorLee Min-ho increased their overseas fanbase due to their respective series. Jin received a Best Production Director nomination at the 4th Korea Drama Awards for City Hunter. He then worked with the Hong sisters for Master's Sun, a horror/romantic comedy starring So Ji-sub and Gong Hyo-jin about a selfish shopping mall CEO who finds himself falling for a woman who can communicate with ghosts. In 2014, Jin cast Lee Jong-suk as a genius doctor who defected from North Korea then encounters the doppelgänger of his dead first love inDoctor Stranger. Jin is set to direct FHM 2, the sequel to the 2011 Chinese television dramaFHM, which revolves around the friendship, desires, and ambitions of men in their thirties. Starring Park Hae-jin, Zhang Liang and Joker Xue, FHM 2 is a joint venture between a Chinese production company and Korean conglomerate CJ E&M and will air in 2015.
