Jang Jae-hyun (; born 1981) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He gained recognition through the blockbuster films The Priests (2015), Svaha: The Sixth Finger (2019), and Exhuma (2024).
Education After graduating from Sungkyunkwan University's Department of Film, he graduated from the Department of Film at Korea National University of Arts.
Career Jang served as an assistant director on the blockbuster period drama Masquerade (2012) before breaking out with the short 12th Assistant Deacon (2014) which won Best Film in The Extreme Nightmare section at the 13th Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival, and Best Director Award (Korean Competition For Shorts) at the 15th Jeonju International Film Festival in 2014. Based on the award-winning short, he made his first feature film The Priests (2015) - a supernatural mystery thriller, which was a hit with more than 5.4 million admissions. Jang said "I got a weird feeling when I saw a priest waiting anxiously for someone on the other side of a fast food restaurant window. The Priests started then."
Filmography
Feature films Year Title Credited as Notes Director Writer 2011 Themselves S.I.U. 2012 Masquerade Also actor 2015 The Priests 2017 House of the Disappeared 2019 Svaha: The Sixth Finger 2024 Exhuma 2025 Big Deal As actor
Short films +YearTitleCredited as Notes DirectorWriter 2009 Maley from India Also actor 2010 Bus 2014 12th Assistant Deacon
Awards and nominations Award Year Category Nominee(s) / work(s) Result Baeksang Arts Awards 2024 Best Film Exhuma Best Director – Film Best Screenplay – Film Director's Cut Awards 2016 Best New Director The Priests 2025 Best Director (Film) Exhuma Best Screenplay (Film) Jeonju International Film Festival 2014 Best Director Award 12th Assistant Deacon
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