Jang Won Seok

Biography

Born in 1976, JANG Won-Seok graduated from Chung-Ang University in film and began his career as a production assistant for (The Adventure of Mrs. Park) (1996) in his early 20s. He proceeded step by step as a film producer going through a lot of mainstream films, including (The King and the Clown), on which he worked as the head of the production team. 

He became the CEO of Dasepo Club in 2006, which was founded by his mentor veteran producer AHN Dong-kyu. He produced the TV series (Dasepo Girls), based on the original webcomic of the same name that was also adapted into a film the same year by E J-yong. 

He made a successful debut as an executive producer by developing with AHN the project that would become (Secret Reunion) (2009), with its 5.5 million admissions, and repeated the feat two years later with (War of the Arrows) (2011), which attracted 7.5 million viewers to become 2011’s highest grossing Korean film. 

JANG pumped out many films as an executive producer between 2011 and 2012 including 9Project 577) (2011) about HA Jung-woo’s 577 km challenge walk across Korea, the horror film (Don’t Click) (2012), and comedy horror (Ghost Sweepers) (2012). He was also attached as the co-producer of sports drama (Perfect Game) (2011) and thriller (Confession of Murder) (2012), as well as being involved in the planning of historical period drama (Nameless Gangster: Rules of Time) (2011). 

He later produced the drama (Way Back Home) (2013), starring JEON Do-Yeon, which notably involved filming at a prison in Martinique, in the Caribbean, and also contributed to the production of the critically acclaimed thriller (A Hard Day) (2013). 

In 2013, he established a new film production company, BA Entertainment, with which he would notably co-executive produce the survival drama film (Tunnel) (2016) and MA Dong-seok vehicle (THE OUTLAWS0 (2017), which pulled in impressive figures at the box office. He has been elected as co-vice-president of the Producers Guild of Korea in 2016.