New Chairperson to Head KOFIC
Published on | Source
The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) is pleased to announce that KANG Han-sub is appointed as its new chairperson.
KANG is a distinguished film professor and well-known media-policy expert. He has taught in the department of Film Studies at the Seoul Institute of the Arts since 1994 and published several major academic papers on the Korean film industry. He has also served as a member of the Korea Media Rating Board and on the editing council of respected Korean magazine Cine 21. In 1996 he participated in the establishment of important reform measures for KOFIC.
KANG graduated with a degree in Literature from Kyunghee University, an MA from Sogang Graduate School and wrote his doctoral thesis in the narrative structure of classical Hollywood films at Paris 2nd Graduate School.
Korea's Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sports selected KANG out of a group of candidates recommended by former KOFIC commissioners and members of the film industry. A new group of commissioners, to be selected by the Ministry of Strategy and Finance and the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sports, will be announced in mid-June.
KANG replaces former chairperson AN Cheong-sook, who resigned three months short of her three year term in March 2008. She is remembered for her diligence in promoting Korean film overseas and fostering diversity at home. KANG assumed the head position June 2nd and will lead KOFIC forward through a challenging new landscape for a term that will last until 2011.
Nigel D'Sa (KOFIC)
KANG is a distinguished film professor and well-known media-policy expert. He has taught in the department of Film Studies at the Seoul Institute of the Arts since 1994 and published several major academic papers on the Korean film industry. He has also served as a member of the Korea Media Rating Board and on the editing council of respected Korean magazine Cine 21. In 1996 he participated in the establishment of important reform measures for KOFIC.
KANG graduated with a degree in Literature from Kyunghee University, an MA from Sogang Graduate School and wrote his doctoral thesis in the narrative structure of classical Hollywood films at Paris 2nd Graduate School.
Korea's Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sports selected KANG out of a group of candidates recommended by former KOFIC commissioners and members of the film industry. A new group of commissioners, to be selected by the Ministry of Strategy and Finance and the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sports, will be announced in mid-June.
KANG replaces former chairperson AN Cheong-sook, who resigned three months short of her three year term in March 2008. She is remembered for her diligence in promoting Korean film overseas and fostering diversity at home. KANG assumed the head position June 2nd and will lead KOFIC forward through a challenging new landscape for a term that will last until 2011.
Nigel D'Sa (KOFIC)
Advertisement