Hur Jin-ho (; 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 film Year Title Credited as Notes Director Writer Producer 1993 To the Starry Island 1995 A Single Spark 1998 Christmas in August 1999 City of the Rising Sun Bit part 2000 Kilimanjaro 2001 One Fine Spring Day 2005 April Snow 2007 Happiness 2009 A Good Rain Knows Korean-Chinese co-production 2012 Dangerous Liaisons Chinese film 2016 The Last Princess 2019 Forbidden Dream 2023 A Normal Family 2026 The Assassin(s)
Short film +YearTitleCredited as Notes DirectorWriterProducer 1993 For Go-chul 2003 Alone Together from omnibus Twentidentity 2004 My New Boyfriend 2009 I'm Right Here from omnibus Five Senses of Eros 2019 The Present
Television series Year Title Credited as Director Writer 2021 Lost 2024 Love in the Big City
Theater 2010: A Nap - director
Awards and nominations Award Year Category Nominated work Result Baeksang Arts Awards 1998 Best New Director Christmas in August "Christmas in August - Awards" . Cinemasie. Retrieved 2012-12-23. 2002 Best Director One Fine Spring Day Best Screenplay Blue Dragon Film Awards 1998 Best New Director Christmas in August 2007 Best Director Happiness "Happiness - Awards" . Cinemasie. Retrieved 2012-11-27. Best Screenplay Buil Film Awards 2008 Best Director Busan Film Critics Awards 2001 One Fine Spring Day Chunsa Film Art Awards 2020 Forbidden Dream Director's Cut Awards 1998 Best Director Christmas in August 2025 Best Director (Film) A Normal Family Grand Bell Awards 1999 Best Screenplay Christmas in August Best New Director 2008 Best Director Happiness Best Screenplay 2016 Best Director The Last Princess "Winners Of The 53rd Grand Bell Awards Revealed" . soompi.com Korean Association of Film Critics Awards 2007 Best Screenplay Happiness Korean Film Awards 2007 Best Director
See also List of Korean film directors Cinema of Korea
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External links
Hur Jin-ho at the Korean Movie Database 허진호 (Jin-ho Hur) at Cine21 허진호 at Naver