Yoon Sam-yook

Yoon Sam-yook
Born(1937-05-25)25 May 1937
Died2 July 2020(2020-07-02) (aged 83)
Occupation(s)Film director,
screenwriter
Korean name
Hangul
윤삼육
Hanja
尹三六
RRYun Samyuk
MRYun Samyuk

Yoon Sam-yook (May 25, 1937 – July 2, 2020) was a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Yoon won Best Screenplay at the 1981, 1985 and 1994 Korean Association of Film Critics Awards for films, The Hut (1981), The King's Poison (1984) and I Will Survive (1993).

In 2016, he was awarded Lifetime Achievement Award at the 53rd Grand Bell Awards.

Yoon Sam-yook died on 2 July 2020, aged 83.