SDA 2024

Juries

Final(2024)

  • Chanil Jeon Film Critic , Glocal Cuture Planner &Connector

    - Director of the Gyeonggi Film Commission, now

    - Advisory Board of Asian World Film Festival, now

    - Expert Member of Florence Korean Film Fest, now

    - Expert Member of Busan Content Market, now

    - Former Programmer, Vice Director of Asian Film Market and Director of Film Research Institute of Busan International Film Festival

  • Seungae Sohn Executive Director, Showbox

    - Head of Acquisitions and Sales / CJ ENM

    - VP, Video Service Group / Samsung Electronics

    - VP, Partrnership Lead / Facebook Korea

    - Head of Content, Korea / PCCW Viu

  • Yeongkwan Park 22th Secretary General, Korean Broadcasters Association

    - 12th Secretary General, SDA Organizing Committee

    - Head of Social Affairs Division 1, KBS News Department

    - São Paulo Correspondent, KBS

  • Cynthia Fenneman President Emeritus, American Public Television

    - Former Major Projects Executive, Discovery Health Channel

    - Former Executive Director of program distribution and production for local channels throughout USA, including New Hampshire, Philadelphia, San Francisco etc

    - SDA 2017 Final Jury member, International Emmy’s Jury member, Banff World Media Festival Jury member

  • Watanabe Satoru Senior Producer of Drama, NHK

    - Producer of Drama 〈Yoru Dora, Drama 10〉, Show 〈Asa-Ichi〉, 〈Let's become a family〉 etc.

    - Senior Producer of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics

    - Board Member, NPO ASSOCIATION OF BROADCAST CRITICS

    - Lecturer, Graduate School at The University of Tokyo University and Sophia University.

  • Michele Zatta Commissioning Editor in charge of international coproductions, Rai Fiction, Italy

    - Produced Drama 〈The sea beyond (1-4)〉, 〈Around the world in 80 days〉, 〈We are legend〉, 〈The swarm〉, 〈The name of the rose〉, 〈Blackout〉 etc

    - Developed Drama 〈The sea beyond 5〉, 〈Belcanto〉, 〈The Kollective〉, 〈Blackout 2〉, 〈Morbo K〉, 〈Turna a Surriento〉, 〈Kabul〉, 〈Roberta Mente〉, 〈Sandokan〉 etc

  • Fang Fang Deputy General Manager, Film&TV Production Department, Tencent Online Video Business Unit, China

    - Responsible for Tencent Video’s Tianpeng Studio Group

    - Overseeing the production, development and management of TV series

    - Planned and produced high-quality projects 〈The Untamed〉, 〈The King’s Avatar〉, 〈A Dream of Splender〉, 〈Love Like the Galaxy〉, 〈You Are My Glory〉, 〈A Long Way Home〉 etc.

Preliminaries(2024)

  • Youngsoo Park Studio S Head of Drama Production

    - Studio S 1team EP: 〈Through the Darkness〉, 〈Dr. Romantic 3〉

    - SBS Drama Headquarters EP: 〈Don’t Dare To Dream〉, 〈The Legend of Blue Sea〉

  • Aude Marcle A script writer, France

    - French drama series : 〈Just One Look (2017)〉, 〈Nina (2018)〉, 〈Sam (2019)〉, 〈Face à Face (2024)〉, etc.

    - French TV drama : 〈Don't Leave me (2016)〉, 〈The Fragile Colossus (2022)〉

    - Series project in development (Make it Happen Studio, etc)

    - Former editor

  • Chanho Lee Former CCO of Content Wavve(Chief Contents Officer)

    - Former Head of Content Strategy of Studio Wavve

    - Former Studio Dragon Executive Producer

    - 〈STRANGER〉,〈Misaeng: Incomplete Life〉,〈SIGNAL〉 etc.

  • Ayako Minamino Drama Producer, NHK, JAPAN

    - Developed drama 〈Percent〉

    - Directed drama 〈Bourenzai〉

  • Sungsoon Park professor of Media & Contents, Pai Chai Univ.

    - General Manager, Korean Association for Broadcasting &Telecommunication Studies

    - Former advisory committee member, Korea Communications Commission

    - Former professor of Multimedia, China Shandong Univ of Art & Design

    - Former Researcher, Korean Broadcasters Association

  • Pierce Conran

    - Critic for the South China Morning Post

    - Film and drama producer

    - Author of "Pierce Is in a Pickle"

    - Program advisor for Fantastic Fest and the Fribourg International Film Festival

  • Hyunwook Lee CEO of WEMAD

    - Former Executive Vice President, Mayqueen Pictures

    - Former Executive Vice President, Yein Ent.

    - Former Senior Vice President, Executive Director of Production, Raemongraein

  • Minji Kim Head of Content Production, Kakao Entertainment original studio

    - Former Director of Content Production, STORY & PICTURES MEDIA

    - Former Head of Content Production Team, ASTORY

    - Chief Producer of 〈Lovestruck in the city〉, 〈Mad for Each Other〉 etc.

    - Head Producer of 〈Romance Is a Bonus Book〉, 〈Misty〉, 〈Fantastic〉, 〈Five Enough〉 etc.

  • Hunyul Lee Professor, School of Media &Communication, Korea University

    - Former vice president, Korean Association of Broadcasting Studies

    - Former Assistant Professor, Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts

    - Former Producer, DongAh Television

  • Walter Ingrassia Head of Marketing and Promotion and Senior Producer Drama, Rai Fiction

    - Senior Producer – Drama, Inspector Ricciardi (season 1-3); The Good Apprentice (season 1-3)

    - Member of the EBU Fiction Experts Group

    - PhD in Text Science

  • Jegy Ra Film Journalist, The Hankook Ilbo

    - Editor of Entertainment Desk(former), The Hankook Ilbo

    - Editor of Culture Desk(former), The Hankook Ilbo

    - Editor of Newspaper(former), The Hankook Ilbo

    - Jury Member of The Jeonju Film Festival, Bucheon Fantastic Film Festival, DMZ Doc Film Festival(former)

  • Kiho Park KBS Drama Center CP

    - Producer of 〈My Husband Got a Family〉

    - Directed 〈Miss Monte-Cristo〉, 〈Love Returns〉, 〈Andante〉 etc

    - Planning 〈If You Wish Upon Me〉, 〈Brain Works〉 etc

  • Jaehun Jang MBC Drama Studio, 1 Executive Producer

    - MBC Drama Studio, Deputy Managing Director

    - MBC Drama, Deputy Managing Director

  • Sukjin Yun Professor of Korean Language and Literature, Chungnam National University

    - Drama critic, The chairman of the editorial board of ‘The Learned Society of Korean Drama and Theatre’

    - Served as a judge at the Korea Broadcasting Awards, Baeksang Arts Awards, and Seoul Drama Awards

    - Served as a member of ‘MBC viewers committee’ and Chairman of ‘The Learned Society of Korean Drama and Theatre’

    - Newspaper 『Hankyoreh』, Yun Suk-jin’s series of columns on the world as a drama