
Directing
Hwang Dong-hyuk
Born 1971-05-26 · Seoul, South Korea
Hwang Dong-hyuk (황동혁) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter born on May 26, 1971. He is best known for creating the survival drama Netflix series Squid Game (2021).
Acting credits
8.3From set designs to character arcs, get exclusive cast and director interviews on how Season 2 of the globally most-watched series was brought to life.
Squid Game: Making Season 2
2025
8.0Go behind the scenes and witness how the "Squid Game"-inspired reality show transformed from a scripted drama to a cutthroat, nail-biting competition.
Making Squid Game: The Challenge
2023
8.3Take a seat with the director and cast of Squid Game. Discover key moments, hear untold stories and see what this entire journey meant to them.
Squid Game in Conversation
2025
Behind the camera
8.2Based on actual events that took place at Gwangju Inhwa School for the hearing-impaired, where young deaf students were the victims of repeated sexual assaults by faculty members over a period of five years in the early 2000s.
Silenced
2011
8.2Based on actual events that took place at Gwangju Inhwa School for the hearing-impaired, where young deaf students were the victims of repeated sexual assaults by faculty members over a period of five years in the early 2000s.
Silenced
2011
6.8Ancient Korea, 17th century. The powerful Khan of the Jurchen tribe of Manchuria, who fights the Ming dinasty to gain China, becomes the first ruler of the Qing dinasty and demands from King In-jo of Joseon to bow before him; but he refuses, being loyal to the Mings. On December 14th, 1636, the Qing horde invades Joseon, so King In-jo and his court shelter in the mountain fortress of Namhan and prepare to defend the kingdom.
The Fortress
2017
6.8Ancient Korea, 17th century. The powerful Khan of the Jurchen tribe of Manchuria, who fights the Ming dinasty to gain China, becomes the first ruler of the Qing dinasty and demands from King In-jo of Joseon to bow before him; but he refuses, being loyal to the Mings. On December 14th, 1636, the Qing horde invades Joseon, so King In-jo and his court shelter in the mountain fortress of Namhan and prepare to defend the kingdom.
The Fortress
2017
7.3An unappreciated old granny magically turns 20 years old again and decides to make the most of her newfound youth.
Miss Granny
2014
Drugs and lines for the the bathroom cause desperate situations.
Desperation
2000
Drugs and lines for the the bathroom cause desperate situations.
Desperation
2000
A feature film loosely inspired by a 2011 essay by the late Italian novelist and scholar Umberto Eco, titled "How Old People Survive."
K.O. Club
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A feature film loosely inspired by a 2011 essay by the late Italian novelist and scholar Umberto Eco, titled "How Old People Survive."
K.O. Club
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6.3A U.S. soldier comes to Korea and tracks down his biological father in jail.
My Father
2007
6.3A U.S. soldier comes to Korea and tracks down his biological father in jail.
My Father
2007
4.2Hajin works at a company that's going through financial difficulties and hasn't been able to pay her for months. Gangseok has a well paying tuition job but his student and family debt and the fact that his mother is in a coma means that he's always short on money. They are both struggling to make it in this cold and difficult reality we call life. One day they end up at a blind date service meeting party and find that they are 98% compatible with each other. Certain random happenings makes Gangseok want to believe that Hajin is the one. But there's one secret that they can't share which is that they're both so poor that they're living at a cheap student hostel. Will they be able to overcome their current situation of hidden poverty and realize true love? Or will the harshness of reality split them apart? A touching and yet coldly realistic love story...
Came To Me And Become A Star
2013
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The Best Show on the Planet
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The Best Show on the Planet
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