Jeeyeong Choi Biography

Jeeyeong Choi
(Korea) Chief Producer, Drama 2 Team, Korean Broadcasting System (KBS)

Jeeyeong Choi began his professional career as a film maker at KBS immediately after he left graduate school in 1991. Five years later he got the chance to put his name on the director credit of his own TV drama The Police Daddy. After his first production, he directed more than ten single plays for TV including the Korean traditional horror story Chrysanthemum Spirit. In 1999, Choi started work on a new serial drama Little Prince. Aimed at children and young adults, the education storyline dealt with stars in space and created an opportunity for young viewers to learn about astronomy over its six month run.
Choi followed this by returning to the single play format with successful productions of Wings and Mannequin No.6 Younghee. In 2002 he then restarted his career as a serial drama director with Pit-a-pat Heart.
This was quickly followed by weekend drama The Bodyguard in 2003 and the mini series Kiss on April in 2004, both of which consisted of 24 episodes. In 2005 he moved into the new area of High Definition drama features. He directed The Outdoor Lamp and Who Murdered Kurt Cobain, both of which were filmed in HD with substantial financial backing from KBS and are noted critical successes. The HD Feature Drama project from 2005-2014 plans to produce 100 TV films featuring the most popular Korean contemporary works in HD.
Choi has been a member of the jury in the TV Drama Category at the 58th Prix d’Italia in Venice in 2006. He also contributed to the UNESCO-ABU Roadshow on ICT Applications (Information and Communication Technologies) in Nepal, Laos and Vietnam at the end of 2006. He visited each of the three countries as a speaker and workshop leader, instructing on mobile content production and the marketing strategy for internet based content.
Jeeyeong Choi was born in Seoul, Korea in 1967. He majored in Asian History and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Humanities and Literature from Seoul National University, Korea. At present he works as a chief producer in Drama 2 at KBS in Seoul.