# Director's Cut Awards

The Director's Cut Awards (Korean: 디렉터스 컷 시상식) is an annual awards ceremony for excellence in film in South Korea. It is presented by the Korea Film Director's Network (KFDN), a group of approximately 300 Korean filmmakers. The KFDN selects winners in the Korean film industry in eight categories: Director, Actor (Male/Female), New Director, New Actor (Male/Female), Producer and Independent Film Director. It was launched in 1998 by film director Lee Hyun-seung with a membership of "young generation" directors in their twenties to forties.
The ceremony was temporarily discontinued after 2010 due to "internal issues" within the organization. It was resumed in 2014 and held concurrently with the Jecheon International Music and Film Festival (JIMFF).

## Award ceremonies
### 2023

The 21st edition of award ceremony was held on February 24, 2023, at the Convention Hall on the 1st floor of the Chungmu Art Center. Maytree, a cappella group performed a special congratulatory performance during the ceremony.

### 2022

The 20th edition of award ceremony was held online on February 24, 2022. It was aired live on Naver TV.

## Categories

Film
* Best Director
* Best Screenplay
* Vision Award of the Year
* Best New Director
* Best Actor
* Best Actress
* Best New Actor
* Best New Actress
* International Film Director of the Year (from 2022)
Series
* Best Director
* Best Screenplay
* Best Actor
* Best Actress
* Best New Actor
* Best New Actress

## Film
### Best Director

| # | Year | Director | Film |
| 1st | 1998 | Hur Jin-ho | Christmas in August |
| 2nd | 1999 | — | — |
| 3rd | 2000 | Park Chan-wook | Joint Security Area |
| 4th | 2001 | Song Hae-sung | Failan |
| 5th | 2002 | Park Chan-wook | Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance |
| 6th | 2003 | Bong Joon-ho | Memories of Murder |
| 7th | 2004 | Park Chan-wook | Oldboy |
| 8th | 2005 | Im Sang-soo | The President's Last Bang |
| 9th | 2006 | Hong Sang-soo | Woman on the Beach |
| 10th | 2007 | Lee Chang-dong | Secret Sunshine |
| 11th | 2008 | Kim Jee-woon | The Good, the Bad, the Weird |
| 12th | 2009 | Park Chan-wook | Thirst |
| 13th | 2010 | Ryoo Seung-wan | The Unjust |
| 14th | 2014 | Bong Joon-ho | Snowpiercer |
| 15th | 2015 | Oh Seung-uk | The Shameless |
| 16th | 2016 | Na Hong-jin | The Wailing |
| 17th | 2017 | Bong Joon-ho | Okja |
| 18th | 2018 | Jang Joon-hwan | 1987: When the Day Comes |
| 19th | 2019 | Bong Joon-ho | Parasite |
| 20th | 2022 | Lee Joon-ik | The Book of Fish |
| 21st | 2023 | Park Chan-wook | Decision to Leave |
| 22nd | 2024 | Kim Sung-su | 12.12: The Day |

### Best Screenplay

| # | Year | Recipient | Film |
| 21st | 2023 | Park Chan-wook, Jeong Seo-kyeong | Decision to Leave |
| 22nd | 2024 | Kim Sung-su, Hong In-pyo, Hong Won-chan, Lee Young-jong | 12.12: The Day |

### Best Actor

| # | Year | Actor | Film |
| 1st | 1998 | Han Suk-kyu | Christmas in August |
| 2nd | 1999 | Choi Min-sik | Shiri, Happy End |
| 3rd | 2000 | Song Kang-ho | Joint Security Area |
| 4th | 2001 | Choi Min-sik | Failan |
| 5th | 2002 | Sul Kyung-gu | Oasis |
| 6th | 2003 | Song Kang-ho | Memories of Murder |
| 7th | 2004 | Choi Min-sik | Oldboy |
| 8th | 2005 | Jung Jae-young | Welcome to Dongmakgol, Wedding Campaign |
| 9th | 2006 | Song Kang-ho, Byun Hee-bong, Park Hae-il | The Host |
| 10th | 2007 | Song Kang-ho | Secret Sunshine |
| 11th | 2008 | Ha Jung-woo | The Chaser, My Dear Enemy |
| 12th | 2009 | Song Kang-ho | Thirst |
| 13th | 2010 | Choi Min-sik | I Saw the Devil |
| 14th | 2014 | Song Kang-ho | The Attorney |
| 15th | 2015 | Hwang Jung-min | Ode to My Father |
| 16th | 2016 | Lee Byung-hun | Inside Men |
| 17th | 2017 | Sul Kyung-gu | Memoir of a Murderer |
| 18th | 2018 | Lee Sung Min | The Spy Gone North |
| 19th | 2019 | Song Kang-ho | Parasite |
| 20th | 2022 | Lee Byung-hun | The Man Standing Next |
| 21st | 2023 | Park Hae-il | Decision to Leave |
| 22nd | 2024 | Lee Byung-hun | Concrete Utopia |

### Best Actress

| # | Year | Actress | Film |
| 1st | 1998 | Shim Eun-ha | Christmas in August |
| 2nd | 1999 | Jeon Do-yeon | The Harmonium in My Memory, Happy End |
| 3rd | 2000 | Lee Mi-yeon | Pisces |
| 4th | 2001 | Jang Jin-young | Sorum |
| 5th | 2002 | Yunjin Kim | Ardor |
| 6th | 2003 | Moon So-ri | A Good Lawyer's Wife |
| 6th | 2003 | Yum Jung-ah | A Tale of Two Sisters |
| 7th | 2004 | Jeon Do-yeon | My Mother, the Mermaid |
| 8th | 2005 | Jeon Do-yeon | You Are My Sunshine |
| 8th | 2005 | Lee Young-ae | Sympathy for Lady Vengeance |
| 9th | 2006 | Bae Doona, Go Ah-sung | The Host |
| 10th | 2007 | Jeon Do-yeon | Secret Sunshine |
| 11th | 2008 | Gong Hyo-jin | Crush and Blush |
| 12th | 2009 | Kim Hye-ja | Mother |
| 13th | 2010 | Seo Young-hee | Bedevilled |
| 14th | 2014 | Shim Eun-kyung | Miss Granny |
| 15th | 2015 | Jeon Do-yeon | The Shameless |
| 16th | 2016 | Kim Min-hee | The Handmaiden |
| 17th | 2017 | Na Moon-hee | I Can Speak |
| 18th | 2018 | Kim Tae-ri | Little Forest |
| 19th | 2019 | Han Ji-min | Miss Baek |
| 20th | 2022 | Jeon Jong-seo | The Call |
| 21st | 2023 | Tang Wei | Decision to Leave |
| 22nd | 2024 | Kim Sun-young | Concrete Utopia |

### Best New Director

| # | Year | Director | Film |
| 1st | 1998 | Lee Jeong-hyang | Art Museum by the Zoo |
| 2nd | 1999 | Jung Ji-woo | Happy End |
| 3rd | 2000 | Bong Joon-ho | Barking Dogs Never Bite |
| 4th | 2001 | Song Il-gon | Flower Island |
| 4th | 2001 | Jeong Jae-eun | Take Care of My Cat |
| 5th | 2002 | Park Jin-pyo | Too Young to Die |
| 6th | 2003 | Jang Joon-hwan | Save the Green Planet! |
| 7th | 2004 | Choi Dong-hoon | The Big Swindle |
| 8th | 2005 | Jeong Yoon-cheol | Marathon |
| 9th | 2006 | Son Jae-gon | My Scary Girl |
| 10th | 2007 | Jung Beom-sik, Jung Sik | Epitaph |
| 11th | 2008 | Na Hong-jin | The Chaser |
| 12th | 2009 | Ounie Lecomte | A Brand New Life |
| 13th | 2010 | Jang Cheol-soo | Bedevilled |
| 14th | 2014 | Yang Woo-suk | The Attorney |
| 15th | 2015 | Kim Sung-je | Minority Opinion |
| 16th | 2016 | Jang Jae-hyun | The Priests |
| 17th | 2017 | Cho Hyun-hoon | Jane |
| 18th | 2018 | Kang Yun-seong | The Outlaws |
| 19th | 2019 | Kim Bora | House of Hummingbird |
| 20th | 2022 | Hong Eui-jeong | Voice of Silence |
| 21st | 2023 | Ahn Tae-jin | The Night Owl |
| 22nd | 2024 | Jason Yu (Yu Jae-sun) | Sleep |

### Best New Actor

| # | Year | Actor | Film |
| 1st | 1998 | — | — |
| 2nd | 1999 | — | — |
| 3rd | 2000 | Shin Ha-kyun | Joint Security Area |
| 4th | 2001 | Kim Myung-min | Sorum |
| 5th | 2002 | Hwang Jung-min | Road Movie |
| 6th | 2003 | Bong Tae-gyu | A Good Lawyer's Wife |
| 6th | 2003 | Park Hae-il | Jealousy Is My Middle Name |
| 7th | 2004 | Gang Dong-won | Too Beautiful to Lie |
| 8th | 2005 | Ha Jung-woo | The Unforgiven |
| 9th | 2006 | Ryu Deok-hwan | Like a Virgin |
| 10th | 2007 | Jang Keun-suk | The Happy Life |
| 11th | 2008 | Yoo Ah-in | Antique |
| 12th | 2009 | Kim Dong-wook | Take Off |
| 13th | 2010 | Song Sae-byeok | The Servant |
| 14th | 2014 | Yeo Jin-goo | Hwayi: A Monster Boy |
| 15th | 2015 | Ahn Jae-hong | The King of Jokgu |
| 16th | 2016 | Park Jung-min | Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet |
| 17th | 2017 | Choi Gwi-hwa | A Taxi Driver |
| 18th | 2018 | Do Kyung-soo | Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days |
| 19th | 2019 | Park Myung-hoon | Parasite |
| 20th | 2022 | Koo Kyo-hwan | Peninsula |
| 21st | 2023 | Seo Hyun-woo | Decision to Leave |
| 22nd | 2024 | Hong Xa-bin | Hopeless |

### Best New Actress

| # | Year | Actress | Film |
| 1st | 1998 | — | — |
| 2nd | 1999 | — | — |
| 3rd | 2000 | Bae Doona | Plum Blossom |
| 4th | 2001 | Lee Yo-won | Take Care of My Cat |
| 5th | 2002 | Moon So-ri | Oasis |
| 6th | 2003 | Im Soo-jung | A Tale of Two Sisters |
| 7th | 2004 | Soo Ae | A Family |
| 8th | 2005 | Jo Yi-jin | The Aggressives |
| 9th | 2006 | Choo Ja-hyun | Bloody Tie |
| 10th | 2007 | Hwang Bo-ra | Skeletons in the Closet |
| 11th | 2008 | Seo Woo | Crush and Blush |
| 12th | 2009 | Park Bo-young | Scandal Makers |
| 13th | 2010 | Lee Min-jung | Cyrano Agency |
| 14th | 2014 | Chun Woo-hee | Han Gong-ju |
| 15th | 2015 | Esom | Scarlet Innocence |
| 16th | 2016 | Kim Tae-ri | The Handmaiden |
| 17th | 2017 | Choi Hee-seo | Anarchist from Colony |
| 18th | 2018 | Kim Da-mi | The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion |
| 19th | 2019 | Park Ji-hu | House of Hummingbird |
| 20th | 2022 | Kang Mal-geum | Lucky Chan-sil |
| 21st | 2023 | Yang Mal-bok | The Apartment with Two Women |
| 22nd | 2024 | Kim Si-eun | Next Sohee |

### International Film Director of the Year

| # | Year | Director | Film |
| 20th | 2022 | Denis Villeneuve | Dune |
| 21st | 2023 | Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert | Everything Everywhere All at Once |

### Best Producer

| # | Year | Producer | Film |
| 1st | 1998 | Lee Choon-yeon (Cine2000) | Whispering Corridors, Art Museum by the Zoo |
| 2nd | 1999 | Kim Mi-hee (Fun & Happiness Film) | Attack the Gas Station |
| 3rd | 2000 | Shim Jae-myung (Myung Films) | Joint Security Area |
| 4th | 2001 | Oh Ki-min (Masulpiri Pictures) | Take Care of My Cat |
| 5th | 2002 | Kang Woo-suk (Cinema Service) | Chi-hwa-seon, Jail Breakers |
| 6th | 2003 | Cha Seung-jae (Sidus) | Memories of Murder |
| 7th | 2004 | Kim Dong-joo (ShowEast) | Oldboy |
| 8th | 2005 | Oh Jeong-wan, Eugene Lee | You Are My Sunshine |
| 9th | 2006 | Choi Yong-bae (Cheongeoram) | The Host |
| 10th | 2007 | Kim Jong-won (KINO2) | Beyond the Years |
| 11th | 2008 | Park Chan-wook (Moho Films) | Crush and Blush |
| 11th | 2008 | Kim Ki-duk (Kim Ki-duk Film) | Rough Cut |
| 12th | 2009 | Yoon Je-kyoon (JK Films) | Haeundae |
| 13th | 2010 | Lee Tae-heon (Opus Pictures) | The Man from Nowhere |
| 14th | 2014 | Choi Jae-won (withUs Film) | The Attorney |
| 15th | 2015 | Shim Jae-myung (Myung Films) | Cart, Revivre |
| 16th | 2016 | Shin Yeon-shick | Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet |

### Best Independent Film Director

| # | Year | Director | Film |
| 1st | 1998 | — | — |
| 2nd | 1999 | — | — |
| 3rd | 2000 | — | — |
| 4th | 2001 | — | — |
| 5th | 2002 | — | — |
| 6th | 2003 | — | — |
| 7th | 2004 | — | — |
| 8th | 2005 | — | — |
| 9th | 2006 | Leesong Hee-il | No Regret |
| 10th | 2007 | Yoon Seong-ho | Milky Way Liberation Front |
| 11th | 2008 | Jung Byung-gil | Action Boys |
| 12th | 2009 | Yang Ik-june | Breathless |
| 13th | 2010 | Hong Hyung-sook | The Border City 2 |
| 14th | 2014 | Lee Su-jin | Han Gong-ju |
| 15th | 2015 | Woo Moon-gi | The King of Jokgu |
| 16th | 2016 | Ahn Gooc-jin | Alice in Earnestland |

## Series
### Best Director

| # | Year | Director | Series |
| 20th | 2022 | Hwang Dong-hyuk | Squid Game |
| 21st | 2023 | Yoon Jong-bin | Narco-Saints |
| 22nd | 2024 | Kim Yong-hoon | Mask Girl |

### Best Actor

| # | Year | Actor | Series |
| 20th | 2022 | Koo Kyo-hwan | D.P. |
| 21st | 2023 | Jo Woo-jin | Narco-Saints |
| 22nd | 2024 | Ahn Jae-hong | Mask Girl |

### Best Actress

| # | Year | Actress | Series |
| 20th | 2022 | HoYeon Jung | Squid Game |
| 21st | 2023 | Bae Suzy | Anna |
| 22nd | 2024 | Yeom Hye-ran | Mask Girl |

### Best New Actor

| # | Year | Actor | Series |
| 20th | 2022 | Cho Hyun-chul | D.P. |
| 21st | 2023 | Kim Min-gwi | Narco-Saints |
| 22nd | 2024 | Moon Sang-hoon | D.P. 2 |

### Best New Actress

| # | Year | Actress | Series |
| 20th | 2022 | Kim Shin-rok | Hellbound |
| 21st | 2023 | Park Ye-young | Anna |
| 22nd | 2024 | Lee Han-byeol | Mask Girl |

### Best Screenplay

| # | Year | Screenwriter | Series |
| 20th | 2022 | Hwang Dong-hyuk | Squid Game |
| 21st | 2023 | Yoon Jong-bin | Narco-Saints |

## Special awards

| # | Year | Category | Recipient |
| 2nd | 1999 | Film Artist of the Year | Ahn Sung-ki |
| 2nd | 1999 | Film Artist of the Year | Kang Je-gyu |
| 2nd | 1999 | Film Artist of the Year | Yang Ki-hwan |
| 6th | 2003 | Film Artist of the Year | Shim Jae-myung |
| 7th | 2004 | Film Artist of the Year | Kim Ki-duk |
| 7th | 2004 | Film Artist of the Year | Park Chan-wook |
| 8th | 2005 | Special Acting Award | Lee Eun-ju |
| 9th | 2006 | Best Ensemble Acting Award | Song Kang-ho, Byun Hee-bong, Park Hae-il, Bae Doona, Go Ah-sung (The Host cast) |
| 9th | 2006 | Film Artist of the Year | Lee Choon-yeon (영화인회 이사장) |
| 12th | 2009 | Memorial Award | Jang Jin-young |
| 17th | 2017 | Vision Award | Choi Seung-ho (Criminal Conspiracy) |
| 17th | 2017 | Genre Award | Yeon Sang-ho (Train to Busan) |
| 18th | 2018 | Vision Award | Kim Ui-seok (After My Death) |
| 18th | 2018 | Best Screenwriter | Kim Kyung-chan (1987: When the Day Comes) |
| 19th | 2019 | Vision Award | Kim Bora (House of Hummingbird) |
| 19th | 2019 | Best Screenwriter | Bong Joon-ho, Han Jin-won (Parasite) |
| 21st | 2023 | Vision Award | Kim Se-in (The Apartment with Two Women) |
| 22nd | 2024 | Vision Award | Jung Joo-ri (Next Sohee) |