2. Hwang Dong-hyuk: Korea’s first Emmy Award for Best Director for Squid Game after being listed on the blacklist,
Squid Game is the highest-grossing hit in drama history.
3. Park Chan-wook: Blacklisted
After Deciding to Break Up won the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival.
4. Song Kang-ho: After being blacklisted, he won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival.
5. Shim Eun-kyung: Japan Academy Award for Best Actress after being blacklisted
6. Han Kang: Korea’s first Man Booker Prize winner and Nobel Prize in Literature after being listed on the blacklist.