Hong Jong-chan () is a South Korean television director. He started with co-directing MBC's The Legend in 2007, and went on to direct drama such as Padam Padam, Doctor Stranger, My Secret Hotel, Dear My Friends, Life, Her Private Life, Link: Eat, Love, Kill, and Netflix original series Juvenile Justice.
Career He currently work as director in Gtist, production house owned by Studio Dragon. His most famous work there was Noh Hee-kyung's Dear My Friends.
While working with writer Kim Min-seok in Netflix original series Juvenile Justice, Hong had a lot of involvement in the scenario and had many discussions. It was because the writer was not a rookie and they had a good rapport. As a director, He made efforts to fundamentally understand the writer's intentions and provided input on areas where He felt there were ideas or expressions lacking. He was able to incorporate many of the writer's suggestions. The dialogues and speech styles of major characters and young offenders are difficult to imagine and write in detail before actually seeing the characters. As the characters became more concrete during the casting process, the tone and speech style of the dialogues changed. So, He had a lot of communication with the actors, and that was the aspect that was most significantly reflected. Rather than specifically having his opinions incorporated and discussing how it was done, it seems that He provided a lot of input on various aspects such as the script, dialogues, and episodes in this particular work, and the writer received them well, allowing for good collaboration.
Filmography Television series + Television series directing credit Year Title NetworkCredited as English Korean Assistant Director Main Director Producer 2007 The Legend 태왕사신기 MBC Hong Jong-chan rowspan="3" 2008 Bichunmoo 비천무 SBS Kim Young-jun 2009 Tamra, the Island 탐나는도다 MBC Yoon Sang-ho 2010 Prosecutor Princess 검사 프린세스 SBS rowspan="2" Jin Hyuk Hong Jong-chan 2011 City Hunter 시티헌터 SBS Padam Padam 빠담빠담.... 그와 그녀의 심장박동소리 JTBC Hong Jong-chan Kim Kyu-tae 2013 Master's Sun 주군의 태양 SBS Jin Hyuk Hong Jong-chan 2014 Doctor Stranger 닥터 이방인 SBS Hong Jong-chan Secret Love 시크릿 러브 Dramacube rowspan="5" Hong Jong-chan rowspan="8" My Secret Hotel 마이 시크릿 호텔 tvN 2016 Dear My Friends디어 마이 프렌즈 2017 The Most Beautiful Goodbye 세상에서 가장 아름다운 이별 2017 Live Up to Your Name 명불허전 2018 Life 라이프 JTBC Im Hyun-wook 2019 Her Private Life 그녀의 사생활 tvN rowspan="2" 2022 Link: Eat, Love, Kill 링크: 먹고 사랑하라, 죽이게
Web series +Web series directing creditYearTitleRoleNoteEnglishKorean2015 Life in Additional Time 로스:타임:라이프 Director Naver TV, TV Chosun2022 Juvenile Justice Netflix 2025 Mr. Plankton Mr.플랑크톤 2026Teach You a Lesson참교육
Music video + Year Title Artist(s) 2024 "Falling Slowly" Daesung
Accolades +Awards and nominationsYearAwardCategoryRecipientResult2016tvN10 AwardsBest Content Award, DramaDear My Friends 201753rd Baeksang Arts AwardsBest Drama Best Director YWCA's Best TV Programme AwardsGrand Prize
References
External links
Hong Jong-chan at Naver