Born in 1963 in Jeonju South Korea Jinho Hur graduated from the Korean Academy of Film Arts His first steps as a film director did not go unnoticed as his first short For Kochal was selected for The Vancouver International Film Festival He later cowrote the script of A Single Spark and Kilimanjaro All his feature filmsChristmas in August shown at the CrticsWeek in Cannes in 1998 One Fine Spring Day 2001 April Snow 2005 Once Again in Hengback 2007 and Good Rain Knows 2009 are variations on Jinho Hurs favorite theme love