# Hur Jin-ho

Hur Jin-ho (Korean: 허진호; born August 8, 1963) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter.

## Career

Hur graduated from Yonsei University with a degree in philosophy and went on to study filmmaking at the Korean Academy of Film Arts. His first steps as a film director did not go unnoticed as his first short, For Go-chul, was selected for the Vancouver International Film Festival. He later co-wrote the script of A Single Spark and Kilimanjaro. Many of his feature films, Christmas in August (shown at the Critics' Week in Cannes in 1998), One Fine Spring Day (2001), April Snow (2005), Happiness (2007) and A Good Rain Knows (2009) are variations on Hur's favorite theme: love. Film critic Kim Ji-mi says in Korean Film Observatory magazine (No. 23), Hur "shows the outstanding talent of being able to grasp the sensitive moments of the beginning and ending of a love between a man and a woman" (p. 22).

## Filmography
### Feature films

| Year | Title | Credited as | Credited as | Credited as | Notes | Ref. |
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes | Ref. |
| 1993 | To the Starry Island | Assistant director | No | No | | |
| 1995 | A Single Spark | Assistant director | Yes | No | | |
| 1998 | Christmas in August | Yes | Yes | No | | |
| 1999 | City of the Rising Sun | No | No | No | Bit part | |
| 2000 | Kilimanjaro | No | Yes | No | | |
| 2001 | One Fine Spring Day | Yes | Yes | No | | |
| 2005 | April Snow | Yes | Yes | No | | |
| 2007 | Happiness | Yes | Yes | No | | |
| 2009 | A Good Rain Knows | Yes | Yes | Yes | Korean-Chinese co-production | |
| 2012 | Dangerous Liaisons | Yes | No | No | Chinese film | |
| 2016 | The Last Princess | Yes | Yes | No | | |
| 2019 | Forbidden Dream | Yes | No | No | | |
| 2024 | A Normal Family | Yes | No | No | | |

### Short films

| Year | Title | Credited as | Credited as | Credited as | Notes | Ref. |
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes | Ref. |
| 1993 | For Go-chul | Yes | No | No | | |
| 2003 | Alone Together | Yes | No | No | from omnibus Twentidentity | |
| 2004 | My New Boyfriend | Yes | No | No | |
| 2009 | I'm Right Here | Yes | No | No | from omnibus Five Senses of Eros | |
| 2019 | The Present | Yes | No | No | | |

### Television series

| Year | Title | Credited as | Credited as |
| Year | Title | Director | Writer |
| 2021 | Lost | Yes | No |
| 2024 | Love in the Big City | Yes | No |

## Theater

* 2010: A Nap - director

## Awards and nominations

Nominations :
| Award | Year | Category | Recipient(s) | Result |
| Chicago International Film Festival | 2005 | Best Feature | April Snow | Nominated |
| San Sebastián International Film Festival | 2005 | Golden Seashell | April Snow | Nominated |
| 28th Blue Dragon Film Awards | 2007 | Best Film | Happiness | Nominated |
| 28th Blue Dragon Film Awards | 2007 | Best Screenplay | Happiness | Nominated |
| 28th Blue Dragon Film Awards | 2007 | Best Director | Happiness | Nominated |
| 2007 Korean Association of Film Critics Awards | 2007 | Best Screenplay | Happiness | Won |
| 2007 Korean Film Awards | 2007 | Best Film | Happiness | Nominated |
| 2007 Korean Film Awards | 2007 | Best Director | Happiness | Nominated |
| 44th Baeksang Arts Awards | 2008 | Best Film | Happiness | Nominated |
| 17th Buil Film Awards | 2008 | Best Director | Happiness | Nominated |
| 45th Grand Bell Awards | 2008 | Best Film | Happiness | Nominated |
| 45th Grand Bell Awards | 2008 | Best Director | Happiness | Nominated |
| 45th Grand Bell Awards | 2008 | Best Screenplay | Happiness | Nominated |
| Grand Bell Awards | 2016 | Best Film | The Last Princess | Nominated |
| Grand Bell Awards | 2016 | Best Director | The Last Princess | Nominated |