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FILM DIRECTOR

Shin Sang-ok

1926 - 2006

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Shin Sang-ok (Korean: 신상옥; born Shin Tae-seo; October 11, 1926 – April 11, 2006) was a South Korean filmmaker with more than 100 producer and 70 director credits to his name. His best-known films were made in the 1950s and 60s, many of them collaborations with his wife Choi Eun-hee, when he was known as "The Prince of South Korean Cinema". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shin Sang-ok has received more than 593,553 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Shin Sang-ok is the 394th most popular film director (down from 309th in 2019), the 97th most popular biography from South Korea (down from 37th in 2019) and the 4th most popular South Korean Film Director.

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  • 24

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Shin Sang-ok ranks 394 out of 1,581. Before him are John McTiernan, Sam Wood, Jerzy Hoffman, Yuri Norstein, Mario Camus, and Jacques Feyder. After him are Joe Dante, Karel Reisz, Claude Zidi, Kaneto Shindo, Maurice Pialat, and Donald P. Bellisario.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Shin Sang-ok ranks 134. Before him are Norman Jewison, Prince Dimitri Romanov, Shigeo Sugimoto, Kim Jong-pil, Peter Graves, and Riz Ortolani. After him are Karel Reisz, Ed McBain, Don Rickles, Jeffrey Hunter, Teddy Scholten, and Rafi Eitan. Among people deceased in 2006, Shin Sang-ok ranks 101. Before him are Pierre Clostermann, Allan Kaprow, Trevor Berbick, Tina Aumont, Ali Farka Touré, and P. F. Strawson. After him are William Auld, Óscar Míguez, Elias Hrawi, Anna Moffo, Alexander Zinoviev, and Lee Jong-wook.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Shin Sang-ok ranks 97 out of 944. Before him are Kim Kyu-sik (1881), Kim Jong-pil (1926), Song Joong-ki (1985), Sin Yun-bok (1758), Lee Jung-jae (1972), and Lee Min-ho (1987). After him are Jungkook (1997), Goh Kun (1938), Jimin (1995), Kim Hye-ja (1941), Ryu Gwansun (1902), and Lee Jong-wook (1945).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In South Korea

Among film directors born in South Korea, Shin Sang-ok ranks 4. Before him are Kim Ki-duk (1960), Park Chan-wook (1963), and Bong Joon-ho (1969). After him are Lee Chang-dong (1954), Im Kwon-taek (1936), Hong Sang-soo (1960), Kim Ki-young (1919), Kim Jee-woon (1964), Hwang Dong-hyuk (1971), Kwak Jae-yong (1959), and Yeon Sang-ho (1978).

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Filmography

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