Choi Jae-won

Choi Jae-won (Korean: 최재원; Hanja: 崔載元; born 1967) is a South Korean film investor, planner, and producer, as well as the co-founder and current CEO of Anthology Studio, a subsidiary of Studio LuluLala. He started his career as security analyst at a venture capital company. He became film investor after he introduced South Korea's first film investment fund.

Throughout his career, he has held CEO positions at iPictures, Barunson E&A, Next Entertainment World, and withUs Film. Moreover, he has served as the former head of Warner Bros. Korea, fostering collaboration between the domestic film market and major Hollywood studios.

Choi Jae-won has overseen the investment, production, and distribution of numerous critically acclaimed films. His portfolio includes collaborations with director Kim Jee-woon's A Tale of Two Sisters and The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008); as well as Bong Joon-ho's Memories of Murder, The Host, and Mother. He also worked on Yang Woo-suk’s 2013 film Yang Woo-suk's The Attorney (2013), which sold over ten million tickets and ranks among the highest-grossing films in South Korean box office history.

In 2020, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism appointed Choi Jae-won as one of seven members of the Korean Film Council (KOFIC). He served a two year term from January 3, 2020, to January 3, 2022. During this tenure, he was also appointed vice chairman of the council in January 2021.