Ahn Pan-seok was born on November 1961 and is a South Korean television director.
10 Facts About Ahn Pan-seok
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Ahn Pan-seok graduated from Sejong University with a degree in English Language and Literature.
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In 1986, he and fellow cinephiles from Sejong collaborated on the 22-minute short film In Praise of Idleness; the crew consisted of Yoo Ha as the director, Kim Sung-su as cinematographer, Ahn Pan-seok handled the lighting, and poet Jin Yi-jeong wrote the screenplay.
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Ahn Pan-seok was hired by MBC's drama production division in 1987, then worked as an assistant director on Humble Men in 1991 and My Mother's Sea in 1993.
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Ahn Pan-seok made his directorial debut in 1994 with Love Greetings, part of the single-episode anthology MBC Best Theater; he would go on to direct eight Best Theater episodes throughout the 1990s.
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Ahn Pan-seok resigned from MBC in 2003 and became a freelancer, working on A Problem at My Younger Brother's House for SBS.
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Back on the small screen in 2007, Ahn Pan-seok next chose a Korean TV adaptation of the Japanese novel Shiroi Kyoto by Toyoko Yamasaki, which had previously been adapted into a well-regarded Japanese film and two Japanese television dramas.
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White Tower drew high ratings and critical acclaim, and Ahn Pan-seok won Best Television Director at the Baeksang Arts Awards.
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In 2013, Ahn Pan-seok directed The End of the World based on Bae Young-ik's novel Infectious Disease, about a Center of Disease Control and Prevention scientist who works to figure out a mysterious pandemic threatening mankind.
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Ahn Pan-seok reunited with How Long I've Kissed screenwriter Jung Sung-joo and lead actress Kim Hee-ae in 2014 with Secret Affair.