Ahn Pan-seok (born November 1961) is a South Korean television
director. Ahn directed the Korean dramas Roses and Bean Sprouts
(1999), Ajumma (2000), Behind the White Tower (2007), How Long I've
Kissed (2012), Secret Affair (2014), and Heard It Through the
Grapevine (2015). He also directed the film Over the Border (2006).Ahn
Pan-seok was born in Seoul in 1961. He graduated from Sejong
University with a degree in English Language and Literature. 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 handled the lighting,
and poet Jin Yi-jeong wrote the screenplay.Ahn 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. He 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.His first series as a
production director (or "PD") was the weekend morning drama Partner
(1994-1998), which was followed by the popular family dramas Roses and
Bean Sprouts (1999) and Ajumma (2000-2001), and the romantic comedy I
Love You, Hyun-jung (2002). He resigned from MBC in 2003 and became a
freelancer, working on A Problem at My Younger Brother's House for
SBS.
director. Ahn directed the Korean dramas Roses and Bean Sprouts
(1999), Ajumma (2000), Behind the White Tower (2007), How Long I've
Kissed (2012), Secret Affair (2014), and Heard It Through the
Grapevine (2015). He also directed the film Over the Border (2006).Ahn
Pan-seok was born in Seoul in 1961. He graduated from Sejong
University with a degree in English Language and Literature. 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 handled the lighting,
and poet Jin Yi-jeong wrote the screenplay.Ahn 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. He 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.His first series as a
production director (or "PD") was the weekend morning drama Partner
(1994-1998), which was followed by the popular family dramas Roses and
Bean Sprouts (1999) and Ajumma (2000-2001), and the romantic comedy I
Love You, Hyun-jung (2002). He 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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