Boo Ji-young

Boo Ji-young
Born (1971-09-16) September 16, 1971 (age 55)
South Korea
OccupationsDirector and scriptwriter
Years active2003–present
Korean name
Hangul
부지영
RRBu Jiyeong
MRPu Chiyŏng

Boo Ji-young (born September 16, 1971) is a South Korean director and scriptwriter. After graduating from the Korean Academy of Film Arts, she began her career in independent filmmaking in South Korea. She created her first film Sisters on the Road in 2008. She is best known for her film Cart (2014), which was screened at many international film festivals.

Early life and education

Boo graduated from Korean Academy of Film Arts. After that, she was the script supervisor on Lee Jae-yong's Untold Scandal in 2003.

Career

Boo made her first feature film Sisters on the Road in 2008. The film examined the thought and state of womanhood in modern South Korean society. 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. Later, she created an experimental omnibus documentary called Myselves: The Actress No Makeup Project (2012). 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.

Boo is best known for her film Cart from 2014, based on a real events in South Korea. It was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival. Boo was interested in the issues related to women and labourers in South Korea. 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.

Filmography

Awards and Invitations

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "BOO Ji-young". koreanfilm.or.kr. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Conran, Pierce, Grady Hendrix, and Tom Vick. 2015. " South Korean's Creative Engine." Film Comment 51, no. 3: 33-49.
  3. ↑ "Boo Ji Young and Shim Jae Myung Discuss Korean Women In Film, 'Cart' And The Rise Of EXO's D.O. [Exclusive Interview]". KDramaStars. 2015-07-07. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  4. ↑ Mattson, Kelcie. "TIFF Women Directors: Meet Boo Ji-Young - 'Cart'". Women and Hollywood. Archived from the original on 2015-11-01. Retrieved 2016-02-24.