Yoon Ga-eun

Yoon Ga-eun (born February 15, 1982) is a South Korean film director and script writer. Her films explore the stories of young children and youth.

In this Korean name, the family name is Yoon.
Yoon Ga-eun
Born (1982-02-15) February 15, 1982
Seoul, South Korea
EducationSogang University - History Department
Korea National University of Arts Graduate School of Film, TV & Multimedia
OccupationFilm director, screenwriter
Korean name
Hangul
Revised RomanizationYun Gaeun
McCune–ReischauerYun Kaŭn

Career

Yoon Ga-eun graduated from History Department at Sogang University and continued her graduate studies at the School of Film, TV & Multimedia at Korea National University of Arts.

Her first film as a director is 19 minutes short film The Taste of Salvia introduced in 2009. Beginning with it, she directed several films including Proof (2010), Guest (2011), Sprout (2013), Tabloid Truth (2014) and The World of Us (2015).[1]

The first work that she began to make a mark is Guest (2011), a movie perceptively capturing a phase of the growing pains that a pubescent high school girl experience. This film won the grand prix from 34th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in 2012, which is known as Festival de Cannes of Short films.[2]

Sprout (2013) is an adventure story of a little girl who left alone for the first time. Yoon expressed the small change that a little girl face through the steps of discoveries. After Yoon finished Sprout (2013), she said she thought that people would strive all the time to achieve their goal, but there are things that they cannot achieve, no matter how hard they try. She dissolve the meaningful process into the film Sprout (2013).[3]

Yoon is also known for finding new faces. The Korean actress Jung Yeon-ju started her career with Guest (2011), also Kim Su-an was cast by Yoon. Kim was invited to the Festival de Cannes as the youngest actress ever.[4]

Filmography

Feature films
Year Film Credited as Notes
Director Writer
2013 Tabloid Truth as Scripter
2016 The World of Us Yes Yes
2019 The House of Us Yes Yes

Short films
Year Film Credited as
Director Writer
2009 The Taste of Salvia Yes Yes
2010 Proof Yes Yes
2011 Guest Yes Yes
2013 Sprout Yes Yes

Awards

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References
  1. "YOON Ga-Eun". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  2. "Ga-Eun Yoon Awards and Nominations". IMDb. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  3. "Three Korean films highlighted in Berlin". Korea.net Gateway to Korea. Retrieved 2016-12-10.
  4. "Special Report about Yoon Ga-Eun". Naver Movie. Retrieved 2016-12-10.
  5. "'Guardian,' 'The Handmaiden' win big at Baeksang Awards". Korea Herald. 4 May 2017.
  6. "Awards and Invitations for Yoon Ga-Eun". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
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