Hwang Dong-hyuk
South Korean film director and screenwriter
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| 2025 | The third and final season of 'Squid Game' is scheduled for release. |
| December 26 2024 | The second season of 'Squid Game' was released on December 26. |
| 2023 | Hwang was awarded the Geumgwan Order of Cultural Merit by President Yoon Suk Yeol, recognizing his significant contributions to culture and the arts. |
| 2022 | Hwang Dong-hyuk was awarded the Geumgwan Order of Cultural Merit by South Korea. |
| 2022 | Hwang Dong-hyuk was included in Time's list of the 100 Most Influential People of 2022. |
| 2022 | Hwang Dong-hyuk won the Best Director and Best Screenplay in series awards at the Director's Cut Awards for 'Squid Game'. |
| 2022 | Hwang Dong-hyuk won the Pony Chung Innovation Award. |
| 2022 | Hwang Dong-hyuk won the Stepping Stone Award at the Korea Image Award. |
| 2022 | Hwang Dong-hyuk won the Director Award for TV at the Critics Choice Awards Asian Pacific Cinema & Television for 'Squid Game'. |
| 2022 | Hwang Dong-hyuk won Best Director at the Baeksang Arts Awards for 'Squid Game'. |
| 2022 | Hwang's next feature film, 'Killing Old People Club', was announced. |
| 2022 | Hwang won an Emmy for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for the Squid Game episode 'Red Light, Green Light', becoming the first South Korean to achieve this honor. |
| 2021 | Hwang Dong-hyuk was recognized as The Straits Times Asian of the Year. |
| 2021 | Hwang Dong-hyuk was named one of Bloomberg Businessweek's 50 People of the Year. |
| 2021 | Hwang Dong-hyuk won the Film Artist Award at the Beautiful Artist Award. |
| 2021 | Hwang Dong-hyuk won the Breakthrough Series – Long Form award at the Gotham Awards. |
| 2021 | Hwang Dong-hyuk won the 2021 Visionary award at the Visionary Awards. |
| 2021 | Hwang expressed contemplation over writing a second season for 'Squid Game' due to its immense popularity, stating that there was nothing confirmed at that moment. |
| 2021 | Hwang Dong-hyuk created the Netflix survival drama series Squid Game, which gained immense popularity. |
| 2020 | Hwang Dong-hyuk worked on the adapted screenplay for the film 'Collectors'. |
| September 2019 | Netflix formally announced that it would produce Hwang’s script for 'Squid Game' as an original series. |
| 2018 | Hwang Dong-hyuk was nominated for Best Director and Best Screenplay at the Baeksang Arts Awards for 'The Fortress'. |
| 2018 | Hwang Dong-hyuk won Best Director at the Chunsa Film Art Awards for 'The Fortress'. |
| September 2018 | Netflix formally announced they would produce Hwang's Squid Game as an original series. |
| 2017 | Hwang Dong-hyuk won Best Screenplay at the Blue Dragon Awards for 'The Fortress'. |
| 2017 | Hwang Dong-hyuk's film The Fortress, adapted from Kim Hoon's novel, was released. It featured a story set during the Second Manchu invasion of Korea and was both a popular and critical success, selling 3.8 million tickets in Korea and being distributed to 28 countries. |
| 2014 | Hwang Dong-hyuk was nominated for Best Director at the Blue Dragon Awards for 'Miss Granny'. |
| 2014 | Hwang directed Miss Granny, a film about a 74-year-old woman who regains her 20-year-old appearance. The movie was a departure from his previous serious subjects, instead presenting a fun and lighthearted narrative, and achieved over 8.65 million admissions at the box office. |
| 2012 | Hwang Dong-hyuk's film 'Silenced' won the Audience Award and the Black Dragon Audience Award at the Udine Far East Film Festival. |
| 2011 | Hwang Dong-hyuk was nominated for Best Director and Best Screenplay at the Blue Dragon Awards for the film 'Silenced'. |
| 2011 | Hwang directed the crime drama film Silenced, which was notable prior to the success of Squid Game. |
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