---
name: "Yong Duk Jhun"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/yong-duk-jhun"
fi1m_id: "yong-duk-jhun"
imdb_id: "nm1572239"
tmdb_id: 57746
wikidata_id: "Q29042991"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 January 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T12:47:40.017715+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."
---

# Yong Duk Jhun

## Identity

Yong Duk Jhun

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/yong-duk-jhun
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** yong-duk-jhun
- **IMDb ID:** nm1572239
- **TMDB ID:** 57746
- **Wikidata ID:** Q29042991
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yong_Duk_Jhun, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29042991, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1572239/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57746

Cinematographer. Born 1 January 1971 in Seoul, South Korea.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 January 1971, Seoul, South Korea
- **Active:** 2008–2016
- **Frequently works with:** [Glenn Berger](https://film.one/person/glenn-berger.md), [Jonathan Aibel](https://film.one/person/jonathan-aibel.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 77 (1), 2010s 60 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 66 to 58 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Animation 3, Comedy 3, Family 3, Adventure 2, Action 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,972m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yong_Duk_Jhun, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29042991, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1572239/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57746

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Kung Fu Panda*](https://film.one/film/kung-fu-panda.md) (77)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Yong Duk Jhun is a South Korean cinematographer, director and animator. Born in Seoul in 1971, he studied at the University of Seoul before completing an MFA at the School of Visual Arts in New York.

He spent many years at DreamWorks Animation, where he served as head of layout and cinematographer on several features, including *Kung Fu Panda* (2008), *Shrek Forever After* (2010), *The Croods* (2013) and *Trolls* (2016). He later worked at Sony Pictures Animation and Blue Sky Studios, and joined Paramount Animation as co-director of *The Tiger's Apprentice* (2024).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Croods* (2013), Fi1m 60, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-croods.md)
- *Shrek Forever After* (2010), Fi1m 60, Layout Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/shrek-forever-after.md)
- *Kung Fu Panda* (2008), Fi1m 77, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/kung-fu-panda.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *Smurfs* (2025), as Head of Layout
- *The Tiger's Apprentice* (2024), Co-Director
- *Vivo* (2021), Director of Photography
- *Trolls* (2016), Director of Photography
- *The Croods* (2013), Director of Photography — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/the-croods.md)
- *Shrek Forever After* (2010), Layout Supervisor — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/shrek-forever-after.md)
- *Kung Fu Panda* (2008), Director of Photography — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/kung-fu-panda.md)

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