Kim Hee-jung
Born: 1970-04-04 in Seoul, South Korea
Known For: Directing
Biography
After studying at the Polish National Film School in Lodz, KIM Heejung made her first feature film The Wonder Years (2007), the story of a girl who embarks on a journey to find her real mother. The film focuses on the troubled identity of a person who longs for something that doesn’t belong to her. Her second feature, Grape Candy (2011) is a rumination of memories which dominate the present. Her third feature Snow Paths (2015) is the story of a man attempting to overcome trauma who is sent to a Catholic sanatorium for alcoholism, and meets a nun who can spiritually commune with dead souls. Her latest feature, A French Woman follows the delirium of a woman who confronts her painful past through a mysterious time gate.
Filmography
2023
- Where Would You Like to Go? ... (Director)
2020
- A French Woman ... (Director)
2016
- Snow Paths ... (Director)
2012
- Grape Candy ... (Director)
2007
- The Wonder Years ... (Director)
2001
- Once Someday ... (Director)