Jung Byung-gil (born August 7, 1980) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Jung was trained at the Seoul Action School. He graduated from Chung-Ang University, majoring in film, before making his directorial debut with a documentary about stuntmen, Action Boys, in 2008. Jung gained international recognition with the action thriller The Villainess, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2017. He is set to make his Hollywood debut with Afterburn, an adaptation of the comic of the same name, starring Gerard Butler.
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Biography from TMDB.
- August 8, 1980 (46)
- South Korea
- Writer, director and producer
- 4 on MovieCove · 7 credits in all
What are Jung Byung-gil's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 2
Grounded 0 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 2
Gentle 0 · Charged 0 · Intense 4
Steady 0 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 3
Casual 0 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 3
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 2
Resolved 0 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Jung Byung-gil's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Jung Byung-gil's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
7 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page.
Carter(2022)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
Memoirs of a Murderer(2017)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
The Villainess(2017)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Confession of Murder(2012)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Bandhobi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Action Boys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Untitled Confession of Murder Remake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 7 titles, 6 of them dated from 2008 to 2022.
How do Jung Byung-gil's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 72nd percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 74th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th2
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 4 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the dialogue 50/100 and the plot and story 50/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Jung Byung-gil work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jung Byung-gil's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Byeong-sik Jung shares the most, 2.
Writers
- Byeong-sik JungShared titles: Carter (2022), The Villainess (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Byeong-sik Jung
Actors
- Jo Eun-jiShared titles: The Villainess (2017), Confession of Murder (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Jo Eun-ji
Composers
- Jawan KooShared titles: Carter (2022), The Villainess (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Jawan Koo
Producers
- Daniel Daehan ParkShared titles: Carter (2022), The Villainess (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Daniel Daehan Park
- Yonghee LeeShared titles: Carter (2022), Confession of Murder (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Yonghee Lee
- Jang Won-seokShared titles: Memoirs of a Murderer (2017), Confession of Murder (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Jang Won-seok
- You Jeong-hunShared titles: Memoirs of a Murderer (2017), Confession of Murder (2012)See all 2 shared titles with You Jeong-hun