Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Director

{{Short description|South Korean film awards}}

{{Infobox award

|name=Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Director

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|awarded_for=Best Director

|presenter=Blue Dragon Film Awards

|country=South Korea

|year=1963

|year2=2024

|winner=Jang Jae-hyunExhuma

|website={{URL|http://www.blueaward.co.kr/}}}}

The Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Director is one of the awards that is presented annually at the Blue Dragon Film Awards by Sports Chosun, which is typically held at the end of the year.{{cite news |last1=Im |first1=Eun-byel |title=Blue Dragon Film Awards to be held on Feb. 9 |url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20210119000982 |access-date=April 24, 2021 |work=The Korea Herald |date=January 19, 2021}}

Winners and nominees

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= 1960s{{anchor|1970}} =

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! style="width:20%;" |Winner

! style="width:25%;" |Film

! style="width:25%;" |Original title

1963

(1st)

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Lee Man-hee {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |The Marines Who Never Returned

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1964

(2nd)

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Yu Hyun-mok {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Extra Human Being

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |잉여인간

1965

(3rd)

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Kim Soo-yong {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Sad Story of Self Supporting Child

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |저 하늘에도 슬픔이

1966

(4th)

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Lee Man-hee {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Market

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |시장

1967

(5th)

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Kim Soo-yong {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Children in the Firing Range

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |

1969

(6th)

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Yu Hyun-mok {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Descendents of Cain

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |카인의 후예

= 1970s{{anchor|1980}} =

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! style="width:5%;" |Year

! style="width:20%;" |Winner

! style="width:25%;" |Film

! style="width:25%;" |Original title

1970

(7th)

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Choi Ha-won {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |The Old Jar Craftsman

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |독짓는 늙은이

1971

(8th)

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Kim Ki-young {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Woman of Fire

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |옥합을 깨뜨릴 때

1972

(9th)

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Kim Hyo-cheon {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |A Cattle Seller

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |석화촌

1973

(10th)

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Jung Jin-woo {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Long Live the Island Frogs

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |삼일천하

= 1990s{{anchor|1990}} =

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! style="width:5%;" |Year

! style="width:20%;" |Winner and nominees

! style="width:25%;" |Film

! style="width:25%;" |Original title

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1990

(11th)

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Chung Ji-young {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Nambugun: North Korean Partisan in South Korea

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |남부군

Park Kwang-su

|Black Republic

|그들도 우리처럼

Park Chul-soo

|The Woman Who Walks On Water

|물위를 걷는 여자

Im Kwon-taek

|General's Son

|장군의 아들

Jang Sun-woo

|The Lovers of Woomook-baemi

|우묵배미의 사랑

rowspan="5" |1991

(12th)

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Im Kwon-taek {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Fly High Run Far

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |개벽

Kwak Ji-kyoon

|Portrait of the Days of Youth

|젊은날의 초상

Kim Ho-sun

|Death Song

|사의 찬미

Park Kwang-su

|Berlin Report

|베를린리포트

Jang Kil-su

|Silver Stallion

|은마는 오지 않는다

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1992

(13th)

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Park Jong-won {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Our Twisted Hero

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |우리들의 일그러진 영웅

Kang Woo-suk

|Mister Mama

|미스터 맘마

Wan Seonwoo

|Blood and Fire

|피와 불

Jang Sun-woo

|The Road to Racetrack

|경마장 가는 길

Chung Ji-young

|White Badge

|하얀 전쟁

rowspan="5" |1993

(14th)

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Kim Yoo-jin {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Love Is Oh Yeah!

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |참견은 노, 사랑은 오예

Lee Myung-se

|First Love

|첫사랑

Lee Hyun-seung

|Blue In You

|그대 안의 블루

Im Kwon-taek

|Sopyonje

|서편제

Jang Sun-woo

|Hwa-Om-Kyung

|화엄경

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1994

(15th)

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Jang Sun-woo {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |To You from Me

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |너에게 나를 보낸다

Im Kwon-taek

|The Taebaek Mountains

|태백산맥

Kang Woo-suk

|Two Cops

|투캅스

Chung Ji-young

|Life and Death of the Hollywood Kid

|헐리우드 키드의 생애

Jang Hyun-soo

|The Rules Of The Game

|게임의 법칙

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1995

(16th)

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Park Kwang-su {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |A Single Spark

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |아름다운 청년 전태일

Kang Woo-suk

|How to Top My Wife

|마누라 죽이기

Kim Young-bin

|The Terrorist

|테러리스트

Park Chul-soo

|301, 302

|301-302

Oh Byeong-cheol

|Go Alone Like Musso's Horn

|무소의 뿔처럼 혼자서 가라

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1996

(17th)

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Im Kwon-taek {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Festival

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |축제

Kang Woo-suk

|Two Cops 2

|투캅스2

Park Chul-soo

|Farewell My Darling

|학생부군신위

Lee Myung-se

|Their Last Love Affair

|지독한 사랑

Jang Sun-woo

|A Petal

|꽃잎

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1997

(18th)

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Lee Chang-dong {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Green Fish

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |초록물고기

Kim Sung-su

|Beat

|비트

Jang Sun-woo

|Bad Movie

|나쁜 영화

Chang Yoon-hyun

|The Contact

|접속

Im Kwon-taek

|Downfall

|창

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1998

(19th)

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Hong Sang-soo {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |The Power of Kangwon Province

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |강원도의 힘

Kang Woo-suk

|Bedroom And Courtroom

|생과부 위자료 청구 소송

Kim Yoo-jin

|A Promise

|약속

E J-yong

|An Affair

|정사

Hur Jin-ho

|Christmas in August

|8월의 크리스마스

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1999

(20th)

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Kang Je-gyu {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Shiri

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |쉬리

Kim Sang-jin

|Attack the Gas Station

|주유소 습격사건

Park Jong-won

|Rainbow Trout

|송어

Lee Myung-se

|Nowhere to Hide

|인정사정 볼 것 없다

Chang Yoon-hyun

|Tell Me Something

|텔 미 썸딩

= 2000s{{anchor|2000}} =

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! style="width:5%;" |Year

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2000

(21st)

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Park Chan-wook {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Joint Security Area

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |공동경비구역 JSA

Kim Jee-woon

|The Foul King

|반칙왕

Lee Chang-dong

|Peppermint Candy

|박하사탕

Im Kwon-taek

|Chunhyang

|춘향뎐

Hong Sang-soo

|Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors

|오! 수정

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2001

(22nd)

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Song Hae-sung {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Failan

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |파이란

Kwak Kyung-taek

|Friend

|친구

Kim Sung-su

|Musa

|무사

Jang Jin

|Guns & Talks

|킬러들의 수다

Hur Jin-ho

|One Fine Spring Day

|봄날은 간다

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2002

(23rd)

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Im Kwon-taek {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Chi-hwa-seon

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |취화선

Kang Woo-suk

|Public Enemy

|공공의 적

Kim Sang-jin

|Jail Breakers

|광복절 특사

Park Chan-wook

|Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

|복수는 나의 것

Lee Jeong-hyang

|The Way Home

|집으로...

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2003

(24th)

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Park Chan-wook {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Oldboy

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |올드보이

Kwak Jae-yong

|The Classic

|클래식

Bong Joon-ho

|Memories of Murder

|살인의 추억

E J-yong

|Untold Scandal

|스캔들 - 조선남녀상열지사

Im Sang-soo

|A Good Lawyer's Wife

|바람난 가족

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2004

(25th)

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Kang Woo-suk {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Silmido

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |실미도

Kang Je-gyu

|Taegukgi

|태극기 휘날리며

Kim Ki-duk

|3-Iron

|빈 집

Park Heung-sik

|My Mother, the Mermaid

|인어 공주

Yoo Ha

|Once Upon a Time in High School

|말죽거리 잔혹사

rowspan="5" |2005

(26th)

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Park Jin-pyo {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |You Are My Sunshine

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |너는 내 운명

Im Sang-soo

|The President's Last Bang

|그때 그사람들

Kim Dae-seung

|Blood Rain

|혈의 누

Kim Jee-woon

|A Bittersweet Life

|달콤한 인생

Park Chan-wook

|Sympathy for Lady Vengeance

|친절한 금자씨

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2006

(27th)

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Kim Tae-yong {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Family Ties

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |가족의 탄생

Bong Joon-ho

|The Host

|괴물

Choi Dong-hoon

|Tazza: The High Rollers

|타짜

Lee Joon-ik

|The King and the Clown

|왕의 남자

Yoo Ha

|A Dirty Carnival

|비열한 거리

rowspan="5" |2007

(28th)

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Hur Jin-ho {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Happiness

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |행복

Han Jae-rim

|The Show Must Go On

|우아한 세계

Kim Ji-hoon

|May 18

|화려한 휴가

Kim Yong-hwa

|200 Pounds Beauty

|미녀는 괴로워

Park Jin-pyo

|Voice of a Murderer

|그놈 목소리

rowspan="5" |2008

(29th)

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Kim Jee-woon {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |The Good, the Bad, the Weird

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈

Kim Tae-kyun

|Crossing

|크로싱

Kim Yoo-jin

|The Divine Weapon

|신기전

Won Shin-yun

|Seven Days

|세븐 데이즈

Yim Soon-rye

|Forever the Moment

|우리 생애 최고의 순간

rowspan="5" |2009

(30th)

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Kim Yong-hwa {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Take Off

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |국가대표

Bong Joon-ho

|Mother

|마더

Jang Jin

|Good Morning President

|굿모닝 프레지던트

Park Chan-wook

|Thirst

|박쥐

Yoon Je-kyoon

|Tidal Wave

|해운대

= 2010s{{anchor|2010}} =

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rowspan="5" |2010

(31st)

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Kang Woo-suk {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Moss

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |이끼

Choi Dong-hoon

|Jeon Woo-chi: The Taoist Wizard

|전우치

Im Sang-soo

|The Housemaid

|하녀

Jang Hoon

|Secret Reunion

|의형제

Lee Jeong-beom

|The Man from Nowhere

|아저씨

rowspan="5" |2011

(32nd)

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Ryoo Seung-wan {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |The Unjust

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |부당거래

Hwang Dong-hyuk

|Silenced

|도가니

Jang Hoon

|The Front Line

|고지전

Kang Hyeong-cheol

|Sunny

|써니

Kim Han-min

|War of the Arrows

|최종병기 활

rowspan="5" |2012

(33rd)

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Chung Ji-young {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Unbowed

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |부러진 화살

Choi Dong-hoon

|The Thieves

|도둑들

Choo Chang-min

|Masquerade

|광해, 왕이 된 남자

Kim Ki-duk

|Pietà

|피에타

Yoon Jong-bin

|Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time

|범죄와의 전쟁 : 나쁜놈들 전성시대

rowspan="5" |2013

(34th)

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Bong Joon-ho {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Snowpiercer

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |설국열차

Han Jae-rim

|The Face Reader

|관상

Lee Joon-ik

|Hope

|소원

Park Hoon-jung

|New World

|신세계

Ryoo Seung-wan

|The Berlin File

|베를린

rowspan="5" |2014

(35th)

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Kim Han-min

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |The Admiral: Roaring Currents

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |명량

Hwang Dong-hyuk

|Miss Granny

|수상한 그녀

Kim Seong-hun

|A Hard Day

|끝까지 간다

Lee Seok-hoon

|The Pirates

|해적: 바다로 간 산적

Yim Soon-rye

|Whistle Blower

|제보자

rowspan="5" |2015

(36th)

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Ryoo Seung-wan {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Veteran

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |베테랑

Choi Dong-hoon

|Assassination

|암살

Kwak Kyung-taek

|The Classified File

|극비수사

Lee Joon-ik

|The Throne

|사도

Yoon Je-kyoon

|Ode to My Father

|국제시장

rowspan="5" |2016

(37th)

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Na Hong-jin {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |The Wailing

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |곡성

Kim Jee-woon

|The Age of Shadows

|밀정

Lee Joon-ik

|Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet

|동주

Park Chan-wook

|The Handmaiden

|아가씨

Woo Min-ho

|Inside Men

|내부자들

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2017

(38th)

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Kim Hyun-seok {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |I Can Speak

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |아이 캔 스피크

Byun Sung-hyun

|The Merciless

|불한당: 나쁜 놈들의 세상

Hwang Dong-hyuk

|The Fortress

|남한산성

Jang Hoon

|A Taxi Driver

|택시 운전사

Lee Joon-ik

|Anarchist from Colony

|박열

rowspan="5" |2018

(39th)

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Yoon Jong-bin {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |The Spy Gone North

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |공작

Jang Joon-hwan

|1987: When the Day Comes

|1987

Kim Yong-hwa

|Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds

|신과함께-죄와 벌

Min Kyu-dong

|Herstory

|허스토리

Yim Soon-rye

|Little Forest

|리틀 포레스트

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2019

(40th)

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Bong Joon-ho {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Parasite

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |기생충

Kang Hyeong-cheol

|Swing Kids

|스윙키즈

Won Shin-yun

|The Battle: Roar to Victory

|봉오동 전투

Lee Byeong-heon

|Extreme Job

|극한직업

Jang Jae-hyun

|Svaha: The Sixth Finger

|사바하

= 2020s{{anchor|2020}} =

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2020

(41st)

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Lim Dae-hyung {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |Moonlit Winter

| style="background:#FAEB86;" |윤희에게

Yeon Sang-ho

|Peninsula

|반도

Yang Woo-suk

|Steel Rain 2: Summit

|강철비2: 정상회담

Woo Min-ho

|The Man Standing Next

|남산의 부장들

Hong Won-chan

|Deliver Us from Evil

|다만 악에서 구하소서

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2021 (42nd)

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|Ryoo Seung-wan{{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

Escape from Mogadishu모가디슈
Lee Jun-ik

|The Book of Fish

|자산어보

Park Hoon-jungNight in Paradise낙원의 밤
Lee Seung-wonThree Sisters세 자매
Jo Sung-heeSpace Sweepers승리호
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2022 (43rd)

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|Park Chan-wook{{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

Decision to Leave헤어질 결심
Byun Sung-hyun

| Kingmaker

| 킹메이커

Kim Han-minHansan: Rising Dragon한산: 용의 출현
Han Jae-rimEmergency Declaration비상선언
Hirokazu Kore-edaBroker브로커
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2023 (44th)

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Concrete Utopia콘크리트 유토피아
Kim Jee-woonCobweb거미집
Ryu Seung-wanSmugglers밀수
Lee HanHoney Sweet달짝지근해: 7510
Jung Ju-riNext Sohee다음 소희

See also

References

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General references

  • {{cite web |title=Winners and nominees lists |url=http://www.blueaward.co.kr/bbs/board.php?bo_table=awards_news&sca=41&sfl=&stx= |website=Blue Dragon Film Awards |access-date=25 April 2021 |language=ko |archive-date=27 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127230452/http://www.blueaward.co.kr/bbs/board.php?bo_table=awards_news&sca=41&sfl=&stx= |url-status=dead }}
  • {{cite web |title=Blue Dragon Film Awards |url=http://movie.naver.com/movie/bi/fi/prize.nhn?code=18 |website=Naver|access-date=25 April 2021 |language=ko}}