Cho Geun-hyun

{{Short description|South Korean art director and film director}}

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| birth_place = South Korea

| occupation = Art director
film director

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| hangul = 조근현

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| rr = Jo Geunhyeon

| mr = Cho Kŭnhyŏn

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Cho Geun-hyun ({{Korean|hangul=조근현}}) is a South Korean art director and film director. His directorial debut, the hit drama thriller 26 Years (2012) with over 2.9 million admissions, was voted Best Korean Film by Twitter users held by KOFIC in December 2012. He was internationally recognized for his second feature Late Spring (2014), which won a total of six awards, including Best Foreign Feature at the 23rd Arizona International Film Festival, Best Film at the 14th Milan International Film Festival Awards and Best Asian Narrative Film at the 13th Asian Film Festival of Dallas in 2014.{{cite web|title=CHO Geun-hyun|url=https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10065272|website=Korean Film Biz Zone|access-date=2015-11-23|archive-date=2015-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123214200/http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10065272|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Eun-sun|title=26 YEARS Voted Best Korean Film by Twitter Users|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=2106&blbdComCd=601006|website=Korean Film Biz Zone|access-date=2015-11-23|date=27 December 2012|archive-date=2020-08-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807032012/http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?blbdComCd=601006&seq=2106&mode=VIEW|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Conran|first=Pierce|title=INTRUDERS and COLD EYES Set Sights on Santa Barbara|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=2901&blbdComCd=601006|website=Korean Film Biz Zone|access-date=2015-11-23|date=31 January 2014|archive-date=2015-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123142524/http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=2901&blbdComCd=601006|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Tae|first=Sang-joon|title=LATE SPRING to Compete for Three Categories at Madrid International Film Festival|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=3057&blbdComCd=601006|website=Korean Film Biz Zone|access-date=2015-11-23|date=6 June 2014|archive-date=2021-08-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813092716/http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=3057&blbdComCd=601006|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Jung|first=Yoo-mi|title=In Focus: LATE SPRING|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/inFocus.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=91&blbdComCd=601018|website=Korean Film Biz Zone|access-date=2015-11-23|date=1 December 2014|archive-date=2022-04-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407014554/http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/inFocus.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=91&blbdComCd=601018|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Kim|first=June|title=A Children's TV Show Character to Appear in Feature Film|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=3430&blbdComCd=601006|website=Korean Film Biz Zone|access-date=2015-11-23|date=13 May 2015|archive-date=2015-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123140949/http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=3430&blbdComCd=601006|url-status=live}}