Boo Ji-young | |
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Born | September 16, 1971 South Korea |
Occupation(s) | Director and scriptwriter |
Years active | 2003–present |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 부지영 |
Revised Romanization | Bu Jiyeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Pu Chiyŏng |
Boo Ji-young (born September 16, 1971) is a South Korean director and scriptwriter. After graduating from the Korean Academy of Film Arts, [1] she began her career in independent filmmaking in South Korea. She created her first film Sisters on the Road in 2008. [2] She is best known for her film Cart (2014), which was screened at many international film festivals. [2]
Boo graduated from Korean Academy of Film Arts. After that, she was the script supervisor on Lee Jae-yong's Untold Scandal in 2003. [2]
Boo made her first feature film Sisters on the Road in 2008. [2] The film examined the thought and state of womanhood in modern South Korean society. [2] She was invited to the Busan International Film Festival, International Women's Film Festival, and the Tokyo International Women's Film Festival to screen the film. [1] Later, she created an experimental omnibus documentary called Myselves: The Actress No Makeup Project (2012). [2] She has also collaborated on several omnibus film projects such as the human rights project If You Were Me 5 (2010) and the Jeonju International Film Festival's 'Short! Short! Short! in 2011. [1]
Boo is best known for her film Cart from 2014, based on a real events in South Korea. [2] It was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival. [1] Boo was interested in the issues related to women and labourers in South Korea. [3] She believes that the public should see women directors as equal to men directors, rather than categorizing women directors as "women's cinema" when they make films. [4]
Boo Ji-young | |
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Born | September 16, 1971 South Korea |
Occupation(s) | Director and scriptwriter |
Years active | 2003–present |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 부지영 |
Revised Romanization | Bu Jiyeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Pu Chiyŏng |
Boo Ji-young (born September 16, 1971) is a South Korean director and scriptwriter. After graduating from the Korean Academy of Film Arts, [1] she began her career in independent filmmaking in South Korea. She created her first film Sisters on the Road in 2008. [2] She is best known for her film Cart (2014), which was screened at many international film festivals. [2]
Boo graduated from Korean Academy of Film Arts. After that, she was the script supervisor on Lee Jae-yong's Untold Scandal in 2003. [2]
Boo made her first feature film Sisters on the Road in 2008. [2] The film examined the thought and state of womanhood in modern South Korean society. [2] She was invited to the Busan International Film Festival, International Women's Film Festival, and the Tokyo International Women's Film Festival to screen the film. [1] Later, she created an experimental omnibus documentary called Myselves: The Actress No Makeup Project (2012). [2] She has also collaborated on several omnibus film projects such as the human rights project If You Were Me 5 (2010) and the Jeonju International Film Festival's 'Short! Short! Short! in 2011. [1]
Boo is best known for her film Cart from 2014, based on a real events in South Korea. [2] It was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival. [1] Boo was interested in the issues related to women and labourers in South Korea. [3] She believes that the public should see women directors as equal to men directors, rather than categorizing women directors as "women's cinema" when they make films. [4]