Park Nam-ok ( Korean: 박남옥; February 24, 1923 – April 8, 2017) was a Korean film director. Park was considered to be the first Korean woman to direct a domestic film in her country. She is best known for her first film, The Widow (Mimang-in), released in March 1955. [1] Park lived in the United States. [2]
As a young person, Park loved movies and was a fan of actor, Kim Shin-jae. [3] Park attended the Ewha Women's Professional School starting 1943, but dropped out before graduation to work as a reporter in Daegu. [4]
Park worked for the Chosun Film Company, starting in 1945 after Korea's liberation from Japan. [1] She was introduced into the studios by the director, Yoon Yong-kyu, who she knew through a friend. [3] Park was involved as a scripter on the 1947 film, A New Oath, directed by Shin Kyeong-gyun. [4] During the Korean War, she worked on a war film where she met her husband, Lee Bo-ra. [5]
Park shot her film, The Widow, in the winter of 1954 and with her infant child carried on her back. [1] She provided meals for her staff during the shooting of the film. [2] The script was written by her husband, and her sister helped set up a production company, called "Sister Productions" for the film. [5] The Widow, however did not attain commercial success and her directing career was over. [6]
An award, given by the Seoul International Women's Film Festival, is named after her and the first time it was given out was in 2008 to Yim Soon-rye. [7]
Park died on April 8, 2017, at the age of 94 of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles, California. [8]
Park Nam-ok ( Korean: 박남옥; February 24, 1923 – April 8, 2017) was a Korean film director. Park was considered to be the first Korean woman to direct a domestic film in her country. She is best known for her first film, The Widow (Mimang-in), released in March 1955. [1] Park lived in the United States. [2]
As a young person, Park loved movies and was a fan of actor, Kim Shin-jae. [3] Park attended the Ewha Women's Professional School starting 1943, but dropped out before graduation to work as a reporter in Daegu. [4]
Park worked for the Chosun Film Company, starting in 1945 after Korea's liberation from Japan. [1] She was introduced into the studios by the director, Yoon Yong-kyu, who she knew through a friend. [3] Park was involved as a scripter on the 1947 film, A New Oath, directed by Shin Kyeong-gyun. [4] During the Korean War, she worked on a war film where she met her husband, Lee Bo-ra. [5]
Park shot her film, The Widow, in the winter of 1954 and with her infant child carried on her back. [1] She provided meals for her staff during the shooting of the film. [2] The script was written by her husband, and her sister helped set up a production company, called "Sister Productions" for the film. [5] The Widow, however did not attain commercial success and her directing career was over. [6]
An award, given by the Seoul International Women's Film Festival, is named after her and the first time it was given out was in 2008 to Yim Soon-rye. [7]
Park died on April 8, 2017, at the age of 94 of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles, California. [8]