On July 13, 2020, Producer Chul Park closed his eyes peacefully at the age of 82 amidst the prayers of his beloved wife and children.

Born in Milyang, Gyeongnam Province of South Korea in 1938, Park studied at Korea University Law School. While preparing for the final judicial exam after graduation, he became afflicted with tuberculosis. While receiving treatment at his aunt's home in Busan, he had a chance to experience both Japanese and Korean broadcasts when TV broadcasts had just begun in South Korea. After watching Japanese TV content, he aspired to produce better content for Korea's TV broadcast industry; hence he found himself at KBS (Korean Broadcasting System) not long after he returned to Seoul after his recovery.

In 1959, Chul Park moved to MBC (Moonhwa Broadcasting Corp.) and became an accomplished TV drama producer/director. His greatest hits include “Stepmom" (1972), written by the esteemed screenwriter Kim Soo-Hyun, “The Angry Pupil," “The Trap of Youth," “Can't Forget," “Your Portrait," “Winter Sunflower," “Men's Season," “Winter Flower," “Face of the City," “Selling Happiness," “Love and Truth," “Forget You Tomorrow," “That Woman," “Another Happiness," “What's Love," “Mapo Rainbow," “Yeowoolmok," “Salted Mackerel," “Because I Love You," and “I'm Sorry I Love You" among others. Throughout his successful career, spanning decades, he earned several nicknames such as “Star Maker," “The Hit Maker," “Midas Hands," and “Tiger PD."

Producer Park accumulated a number of records during his career, starting with the MBC drama “Stepmom," which set the record as the longest airing daily soap opera in Korea at the time, and “Love and Truth" (1984), written by Soo-Hyun Kim, which recorded the highest viewership rating until “What's Love" (1991) broke the record. The record-breaking 64.9% viewership rating of the drama “What's the Love" is unprecedented in the Korean drama history even until today. Also, “What's Love" is often cited as one of Korea's first successful cultural exports, having attracted some 150 million Chinese TV viewers when it aired on China's CCTV in 1997; and is attributed as the catalyst of “Hallyu," the Korean Cultural Wave.

Producer Park received several awards, including the highest accolade by the Baeksang Arts Awards, and produced a series of award-winning stars and starlets through his dramas during the span of his career. Additionally, he was the first active producer/director in the Korean broadcasting industry to be honored a chief executive director position at a broadcasting company. After retiring from MBC in 1996, Park continued his career at Hyundai Broadcasting and MBC Drama Net. In 2008, when he produced “My Ex-wife Lives Next Door," he was recognized as the oldest Producer in the Korean broadcasting industry.

Producer Chul Park is survived by his wife Nam Hyun Park, son Kyung-Yeon Park, daughter-in-law Patty Lin, daughter Na-Kyung Park-Snipes, son-in-law Wesley Snipes, and five grandchildren.