# Hong Jong-chan

Hong Jong-chan (Korean: 홍종찬) is a South Korean television director. He started with co-directing MBC's The Legend in 2007, and went on to direct drama such as Padam Padam, Doctor Stranger, My Secret Hotel, Dear My Friends, Life, Her Private Life, Link: Eat, Love, Kill, and Netflix original series Juvenile Justice.

## Career

He currently work as director in Gtist, production house owned by Studio Dragon. His most famous work there was Noh Hee-kyung's Dear My Friends.
While working with writer Kim Min-seok in Netflix original series Juvenile Justice, Hong had a lot of involvement in the scenario and had many discussions. It was because the writer was not a rookie and they had a good rapport. As a director, He made efforts to fundamentally understand the writer's intentions and provided input on areas where He felt there were ideas or expressions lacking. He was able to incorporate many of the writer's suggestions. The dialogues and speech styles of major characters and young offenders are difficult to imagine and write in detail before actually seeing the characters. As the characters became more concrete during the casting process, the tone and speech style of the dialogues changed. So, He had a lot of communication with the actors, and that was the aspect that was most significantly reflected. Rather than specifically having his opinions incorporated and discussing how it was done, it seems that He provided a lot of input on various aspects such as the script, dialogues, and episodes in this particular work, and the writer received them well, allowing for good collaboration.

## Filmography
### Television series

Television series scriptsTelevision series directing credit :
| Year | Title | Title | Network | Credited as | Credited as | Credited as | Ref. |
| Year | English | Korean | Network | Assistant Director | Main Director | Producer | Ref. |
| 2007 | The Legend | 태왕사신기 | MBC | Hong Jong-chan | Kim Jong-hakYoon Sang-ho | — | |
| 2008 | Bichunmoo | 비천무 | SBS | Hong Jong-chan | Kim Young-jun | — | |
| 2009 | Tamra, the Island | 탐나는도다 | MBC | Hong Jong-chan | Yoon Sang-ho | — | |
| 2010 | Prosecutor Princess | 검사 프린세스 | SBS | — | Jin Hyuk | Hong Jong-chan | |
| 2011 | City Hunter | 시티헌터 | SBS | — | Jin Hyuk | Hong Jong-chan | |
| 2011 | Padam Padam | 빠담빠담.... 그와 그녀의 심장박동소리 | JTBC | Hong Jong-chan | Kim Kyu-tae | — | |
| 2013 | Master's Sun | 주군의 태양 | SBS | — | Jin Hyuk | Hong Jong-chan | |
| 2014 | Doctor Stranger | 닥터 이방인 | SBS | Hong Jong-chan | Jin Hyuk | — | |
| 2014 | Secret Love | 시크릿 러브 | Dramacube | — | Hong Jong-chan | — | |
| 2014 | My Secret Hotel | 마이 시크릿 호텔 | tvN | — | Hong Jong-chan | — | |
| 2016 | Dear My Friends | 디어 마이 프렌즈 | tvN | — | Hong Jong-chan | — | |
| 2017 | The Most Beautiful Goodbye | 세상에서 가장 아름다운 이별 | tvN | — | Hong Jong-chan | — | |
| 2017 | Live Up to Your Name | 명불허전 | tvN | — | Hong Jong-chan | — | |
| 2018 | Life | 라이프 | JTBC | Im Hyun-wook | Hong Jong-chan | — | |
| 2019 | Her Private Life | 그녀의 사생활 | tvN | — | Hong Jong-chan | — | |
| 2022 | Link: Eat, Love, Kill | 링크: 먹고 사랑하라, 죽이게 | tvN | — | Hong Jong-chan | — | |

### Web series

Web series directing credit :
| Year | Title | Title | Role | Note | Ref. |
| Year | English | Korean | Role | Note | Ref. |
| 2015 | Life in Additional Time | 로스:타임:라이프 | Director | Naver TV, TV Chosun | |
| 2022 | Juvenile Justice | 소년 심판 | Director | Netflix | |
| TBA | Mr. Plankton | Mr.플랑크톤 | Director | | |

### Music video

Music video appearances :
| Year | Title | Artist(s) | Ref. |
| 2024 | "Falling Slowly" (Vocals by Daesung) | Daesung | |

## Accolades

Awards and nominations :
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
| 2016 | tvN10 Awards | Best Content Award, Drama | Dear My Friends | Won |
| 2017 | 53rd Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Drama | Dear My Friends | Won |
| 2017 | 53rd Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Director | Dear My Friends | Nominated |
| 2017 | YWCA's Best TV Programme Awards | Grand Prize | Dear My Friends | Won |