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Oh Choong-hwan
South Korean television director

Oh Choong-hwan

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South Korean television director
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Oh Chung-hwan is a South Korean drama television director best known for his television dramas series My Love from the Star (2013–2014), The Doctors (2016), While You Were Sleeping (2017), Hotel del Luna (2019), Start-Up (2020), Big Mouth (2022), and Castaway Diva (2023).

Career

Oh began his career in the broadcasting industry through the 2006 SBS New Employee Open Recruitment for drama production director position. In 2009, Yoo worked as assistant director for directors Son Jung-hyun and Cho Young-Hwang on a 21-episode drama series called Temptation of an Angel written by Kim Soon-ok.

In 2013, Oh co-directed drama My Love from the Star with director Jang Tae-yoo.

Oh first work as lead director in full feature-length drama was in 2016 SBS medical drama The Doctors. The drama won Excellence Award in The 'Seoul Drama Awards 2017'. When receiving the award, Oh paid tribute to the late Kim Young-ae.

In 2021, Oh co-founded Next Scene, a drama production company, with director Park Shin-woo. On March 28, 2022, Studio Dragon announced that it has signed an equity investment contract with Next Scene.

Filmography

Television series

YearTitleCredited asRef.
EnglishKoreanAssistant DirectorCo-directorDirector
2009Temptation of an Angel천사의 유혹YesNoNo
2010The Miracle of Love사랑의 기적YesNoNoalso cameo
2010–2011Pure Pumpkin Flower호박꽃 순정YesNoNo
2012History of a Salaryman샐러리맨 초한지YesNoNo
Five Fingers다섯 손가락YesNoNo
The Birth of a Family가족의 탄생NoYesNo
2013-2014My Love from the Star별에서 온 그대NoYesNo
2015Run towards Tomorrow내일을 향해 뛰어라NoNoYes
A Girl Who Sees Smells냄새를 보는 소녀NoYesNo
2016The Doctors닥터스NoNoYes
2017While You Were Sleeping당신이 잠든 사이에NoNoYes
2019Hotel del Luna호텔 델루나NoNoYes
2020Start-Up스타트업NoNoYes
2022Big Mouth빅 마우스NoNoYes
2023Castaway Diva무인도의 디바NoNoYes

Casting

Oh frequently re-casts actors whom he has worked with on previous dramas.

Actor
Work
Temptation of an Angel
Pure Pumpkin Flower
History of a Salaryman
Five Fingers
The Birth of a Family
My Love from the StarcheckYcheckY
Run towards Tomorrow
A Girl Who Sees Smells
The Doctors
While You Were SleepingcheckYcheckYcheckY
Hotel del LunacheckYcheckYcheckY
Start-UpcheckYcheckYcheckYcheckY
Big MouthcheckYcheckY
Castaway DivacheckY

Awards and nominations

AwardYearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
50th Baeksang Arts Awards2014Best Director–TelevisionMy Love from the StarNominated
7th Korea Drama AwardsBest Production DirectorNominated
3rd APAN Star AwardsBest Production DirectorWon
27th Grimae AwardsBest Production DirectorWon
Seoul International Drama Awards2021Outstanding Korean DramaStart-UpWon
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