Yeon is a south Korean film director and screenwriter. He wrote and directed the award winning animated films “The King of Pins (2011) and the Fake (2013) and the live-action film “Train to Busan (2016)”, its sequel “Peninsula (2020)” and “psychokinesis (2018)”
· 2020 AAA Best Original Screenplay – “the Cursed”
Other Awards :
· 2011 Busan International Film Festival: DGK Award for Best Director (The King of Pigs)
· 2014 Wildflower Film Awards : Best Director (The Fake)
· 2016 Buil Film Awards : Yu Hyun-mok Film Arts Award (Train to Busan)
· 2016 Korea Film Actor’s Association Top Star Awards: Best New Director (Train to Busan)
· 2017 8th KOFRA Film Awards: Best Discovery of the Year (Train to Busan)
2017 Baeksand Arts Awards : Best New Director (
Train to Busan
)
