He started with co-directing MBC's The Legend in 2007, and went on to direct drama such as Padam Padam, Doctor Stranger, My Secret Hotel, Dear My Friends, Life, Her Private Life, Link: Eat, Love, Kill, and Netflix original series Juvenile Justice.
[3] While working with writer Kim Min-seok in Netflix original series Juvenile Justice, Hong had a lot of involvement in the scenario and had many discussions.
As a director, He made efforts to fundamentally understand the writer's intentions and provided input on areas where He felt there were ideas or expressions lacking.
As the characters became more concrete during the casting process, the tone and speech style of the dialogues changed.
Rather than specifically having his opinions incorporated and discussing how it was done, it seems that He provided a lot of input on various aspects such as the script, dialogues, and episodes in this particular work, and the writer received them well, allowing for good collaboration.