---
name: "Choi Jae-won"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jay-choi"
fi1m_id: "jay-choi"
imdb_id: "nm0158825"
tmdb_id: 120898
wikidata_id: "Q124415564"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "24 March 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-27T08:07:15.280849+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Choi Jae-won

## Identity

Choi Jae-won

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jay-choi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jay-choi
- **IMDb ID:** nm0158825
- **TMDB ID:** 120898
- **Wikidata ID:** Q124415564
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choi_Jae-won, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124415564, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0158825/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/120898

Producer. Born 24 March 1967 in South Korea.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 24 March 1967, South Korea
- **Active:** 2003–2008
- **Also known as:** Jay Choi, 최재원, Jay (Jae-Won) Choi, Jae-Won Choi
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choi_Jae-won, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124415564, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0158825/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/120898

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*The Good, the Bad, the Weird*](https://film.one/film/the-good-the-bad-the-weird.md) (74)

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## Biography

Choi Jae-won is a South Korean film producer and investor. He began his career as a securities analyst at a venture capital firm before introducing one of South Korea's first dedicated film investment funds. He has held senior roles including CEO positions at iPictures, Barunson E&A and Next Entertainment World, and served as head of Warner Bros. Korea.

Choi has produced or executive-produced numerous films, including *Memories of Murder* (2003), *A Tale of Two Sisters* (2003), *The Good, the Bad, the Weird* (2008), *The Attorney* (2013) and *The Age of Shadows* (2016). In 2020 he co-founded Anthology Studio with director Kim Jee-woon and actor Song Kang-ho, serving as its CEO. He was appointed to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) for a term from 2020 to 2022 and served as its vice chairman from 2021.

He won Best Producer at the 14th Director's Cut Awards for *The Attorney*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, koreanfilm.or.kr.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Good, the Bad, the Weird* (2008), Fi1m 74, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-good-the-bad-the-weird.md)
- *Memories of Murder* (2003), Fi1m 91, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/memories-of-murder.md)

## Complete filmography (44)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Intern* (2026), Producer
- *Cobweb* (2023), Producer
- *Killing Romance* (2023), Executive Producer
- *The Day I Died: Unclosed Case* (2020), Executive Producer
- *Bring Me Home* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Battle of Jangsari* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Jesters: The Game Changers* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Jo Pil-ho: The Dawning Rage* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Miss Baek* (2018), Co-Executive Producer
- *Illang: The Wolf Brigade* (2018), Executive Producer
- *The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion* (2018), Executive Producer
- *Champion* (2018), Executive Producer
- *A Special Lady* (2017), Producer
- *V.I.P.* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Bluebeard* (2017), Producer
- *A Single Rider* (2017), Executive Producer
- *The Age of Shadows* (2016), Producer
- *The Magician* (2015), Producer
- *The Attorney* (2013), Producer
- *Behind the Camera* (2013), Producer
- *Detective K: Secret of Virtuous Widow* (2011), Co-Executive Producer
- *Man of Vendetta* (2010), Producer
- *Fortune Salon* (2009), Executive Producer
- *The Good, the Bad, the Weird* (2008), Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-good-the-bad-the-weird.md)
- *Hansel & Gretel* (2007), Executive Producer
- *The President's Barber* (2004), Producer
- *Dance With Solitude* (2004), Executive Producer
- *Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring* (2003), Executive Producer
- *A Tale of Two Sisters* (2003), Executive Producer
- *Memories of Murder* (2003), Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/memories-of-murder.md)
- *Madeleine* (2003), Executive Producer
- *Road Movie* (2002), Executive Producer
- *Marriage Is a Crazy Thing* (2002), Executive Producer
- *Jungle Juice* (2002), Executive Producer
- *My Beautiful Girl, Mari* (2002), Executive Producer
- *Wanee & Junah* (2001), Executive Producer
- *Take Care of My Cat* (2001), Executive Producer
- *The Warrior* (2001), Executive Producer
- *Summer Time* (2001), Executive Producer
- *I Wish I Had a Wife* (2001), Executive Producer
- *Plum Blossom* (2000), Producer
- *In the Net*, series, Producer
- *Drishyam*, Producer
- *The Hole*, Producer

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