[1] Born in 1961, Kong Su-chang graduated from the Korean Literature Department at Hanyang University.
Upon graduating, he joined 'Jang San Got Mae', an independent film union and wrote screenplays, such as O Dreamland (1989) and The Night Before the Strike (1990).
[2] Kong is known as a talented screenwriter of thriller and war movies, such White Badge (1992), The Ring Virus (1999) and Tell Me Something (1999).
[1][2] His directorial feature debut is the military-themed R-Point (2004), which Kong wanted as an anti-war movie.
[3][4] His second feature, The Guard Post (2008), also military-themed is set at the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea.