'Impossibility is an illusion created by doubt and unfamiliarity.'
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Hyung-Kun (Hillfinger) Hwang is a filmmaker and a professional musical theater director.
Born in Spain, he lived in various countries including Perú, Italy, England, Venezuela, the U.S. and more. He had decided to become a filmmaker when he was eight years old, and he has been producing various scripts and films ever since.
He has studied Visual & Media Arts in Emerson College, and he is currently working in a South Korean commercial film company 'Rod Pictures' where he is writing feature length screenplays. He has also worked as a script supervisor in KAFA (Korean Academy of Film Arts) feature film 'Iron Mask', which won best South Korean film in Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival.
He has made various short films growing up, three of which won awards in Korean Youth Film Festival three years in a row.
At college freshman year, he wrote and directed a short film 'Christmas Present', which was released in South Korean theaters and major streaming platforms as an anthology film 'Moebius' in 2021. He has also written and directed a feature film 'Dear Name' in 2021, which was screened and awarded in various international film festivals including Catalina Film Festival and Vancouver Independent Film Festival.
Outside of film, he has directed and wrote a 1.5 million dollar budget musical called 'Stand or Die, Nak-dong River'. It toured in major theaters all around South Korea including Seoul Universal Arts Center.
But his greatest love is cinema, and from his experience of living in many countries growing up, he realized that a well-made genre film could move and engage diverse people despite their nationality. Hence, he considers genre a 'universal language', and he hopes to communicate with the world through making as many highly engrossing genre films that reflects the human condition and society.
  • Writer (3 Credits)
    The Disruptor2024
    Short
    Christmas Present2020
    Experimental, Short, Student, Other
    Between Two Worlds2019
    Feature, Short, Student, Other
  • Director (3 Credits)
    The Disruptor2024
    Short
    Christmas Present2020
    Experimental, Short, Student, Other
    Between Two Worlds2019
    Feature, Short, Student, Other
  • Producer (1 Credit)
    The Disruptor2024
    Short
  • Location Scouter (1 Credit)
    Between Two Worlds2019
    Feature, Short, Student, Other
  • Scriptor (1 Credit)
    Between Two Worlds2019
    Feature, Short, Student, Other
  • Editor (1 Credit)
    Between Two Worlds2019
    Feature, Short, Student, Other
  • Color grading (1 Credit)
    Between Two Worlds2019
    Feature, Short, Student, Other
  • Camera Operator (1 Credit)
    Between Two Worlds2019
    Feature, Short, Student, Other
  • Director of Photography (1 Credit)
    Between Two Worlds2019
    Feature, Short, Student, Other
Official Selection
Between Two Worlds
Rome Independent Prisma Awards
Rome
College
Emerson College
Video and Media Arts
2018Present
High School
American School of Madrid
20152017
High School
Escuela Campo Alegre (American International School)
20172018
Birth Date
November 24, 1999
Nickname
Hillfinger
Birth City
Madrid
Current City
Seoul
Hometown
Madrid
Height
175
Gender
Male
Ethnicity
Asain
Eye Color
Other
Can speak 3 languages (English, Spanish, and Korean)
"If it can be written, or thought, it can be filmed." -Stanley Kubrick
'Impossibility is an illusion created by doubt and unfamiliarity.'
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