Hwang Dong-hyuk (황동혁) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter born on May 26, 1971. He is best known for creating the survival drama Netflix series Squid Game (2021).

Filmography

• The Affair Was Just the Beginning — Producer
• 2024Squid Game: Fireplace — Original Film Writer
• Squid Game: The Challenge — Original Story
• Squid Game — Writer, Director, Executive Producer, Creator
• 2020Collectors — Executive Producer, Adaptation
• Twenties Once Again — Writer
• 2017Sweet 20 — Original Story
• 2017The Fortress — Director, Screenplay
• 2014Miss Granny — Director, Adaptation
• 2013Came To Me And Become A Star — Director
• 2011Silenced — Director, Screenplay
• 2007My Father — Director, Writer
• 2000Desperation — Director, Writer
• K.O. Club — Director, Writer
• The Best Show on the Planet — Director, Writer
• The Dealer — Creator

Appearances as themselves (6)

• 2025Squid Game in Conversation — Self
• 2025Squid Game: Making Season 2 — Self
• Squid Game: The Official Podcast — Self - Guest
• 2023Making Squid Game: The Challenge — Self
• Next Entertainment, Visionary — Self
• Baeksang Arts Awards — Self