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Squid Game’ Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk to Receive Gotham Television Awards Tribute

The groundbreaking director will be honored on June 2 as the series approaches its third and final season premiere on June 27.

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Hwang Dong-hyuk, the creator-director behind the global sensation "Squid Game" series, is featured in this photo captured from the website of the Gotham Film & Media Institute. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

Overview

  • Hwang Dong-hyuk, creator of Netflix’s global hit ‘Squid Game,’ will receive the Creator Tribute at the Gotham Television Awards on June 2 in New York City.
  • The Creator Tribute honors individuals who have significantly advanced and reshaped the television landscape, with Hwang recognized for his genre-defying storytelling.
  • Squid Game’ remains Netflix's most-watched series, amassing 1.65 billion viewing hours in its first 28 days and expanding into a franchise with spin-offs like a reality competition and video game.
  • The series made Emmy history as the first non-English language show to win Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, among six total wins from 14 nominations.
  • Season 3, the final chapter of ‘Squid Game,’ is set for a global premiere on June 27, concluding the show’s critically acclaimed narrative arc.