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Jin Hyuk graduated from Yonsei University in 2001 with a degree in Business Administration, then joined the television network Seoul Broadcasting System (Business School).
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Jin Hyuk is a South Korean television director He first worked as a producer, became an assistant director from 2003 to 2007, then a second unit director in 2008. In 2009, Jin directed his first television drama, Brilliant Legacy (also known as Shining Inheritance).
A Cinderella-esque story about a poor, kind-hearted girl who becomes the sole heiress of a rich, elderly woman who wants to teach her spoiled family a lesson, Brilliant Legacy became an unexpected hit, reaching a peak viewership rating of 47.1%, and catapulted its relatively unknown stars Han Hyo-joo and Lee Seung-gi to fame.
He and Brilliant Legacy screenwriter So Hyun-kyung collaborated again for Prosecutor Princess (2010), a romantic comedy/legal drama in which a vain and shallow law graduate is forced to work as a public prosecutor which gradually changes her outlook on the world. City Hunter followed in 2011, which Jin considered a prequel of the same-titled manga by Tsukasa Hojo, transforming its protagonist into a Blue House Information Technology expert by day, and a vengeful, justice-seeking vigilante by night.
Despite middling domestic ratings for both series, Kim So-yeon (previously typecast in dramatic roles) drew praise for her comic acting in Prosecutor Princess, while her co-star Park Si-hoo and City Hunter lead actor Lee Minister-ho increased their overseas fanbase due to their respective series. He then worked with the Hong Sisters for Master"s Sun (2013), a horror/romantic comedy starring So Ji-sub and Gong Hyo-jin about a selfish shopping mall Chief Executive Officer who finds himself falling for a woman who can communicate with ghosts.
In 2014, Jin cast Lee Jong-suk as a genius doctor who defected from North of Korea then encounters the doppelgänger of his dead first love in Doctor Stranger.
Jin is set to direct FHM 2, the sequel to the 2011 Chinese television drama FHM, which revolves around the friendship, desires, and ambitions of men in their thirties. Starring Park Hae-jin, Zhang Liang and Xue Zhiqian, FHM 2 is a joint venture between a Chinese production company and Korean conglomerate CJ East&M and will air in 2015.
