Kong Su-chang
Kong Su-chang is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Kong started as a screenwriter and is behind hits such as White Badge, The Ring Virus and Tell Me Something. He debuted with the military-themed R-Point, and then The Guard Post in 2008.Career
Born in 1961, Kong Su-chang graduated from the Korean Literature Department at Hanyang University. Upon graduating, he joined 'Jang San Got Mae', an independent film union and wrote screenplays, such as O Dreamland and The Night Before the Strike.
Kong is known as a talented screenwriter of thriller and war movies, such White Badge, The Ring Virus and Tell Me Something. His adaptation of the novel White Badge: A Novel of Korea by Ahn Jung-hyo into the screenplay for White Badge was acclaimed as the best Vietnam War film in Korea.
His directorial feature debut is the military-themed R-Point, which Kong wanted as an anti-war movie, delves into the innermost psyche of soldiers who have to fight for their lives in the face of inexplicable threats and horror on a remote battlefield in Vietnam in 1972. His second feature, The Guard Post, also military-themed is set at the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea.Filmography
Film
- O Dreamland - screenwriter
- The Night Before the Strike - screenwriter
- White Badge - script editor
- No Emergency Exit - script editor
- A Casual Trip - screenwriter
- Naeireun Woldeukeop - screenwriter
- If It Snows on Christmas - screenwriter
- The Ring Virus - screenwriter
- Dulliui Baenangyeohaeng - screenwriter
- Tell Me Something - screenwriter
- R-Point - director, screenwriter, script editor
- The Guard Post - director, screenwriter, producer
Television series
- Coma - director, creative director
