KIM Jin-muk, born in 1976, studied film at Hanyang University and spent many years working as part of the filming crew of various films such as <Sad Movie> (2005), <The Art Of Seduction> (2005) and <Tazza: The High Rollers> (2006), while directing a few short movies. After a project on which he would serve as first assistant director was suddenly cancelled, he started writing the screenplay for his debut feature. Even though he completed the script in one ye...More

KIM Jin-muk, born in 1976, studied film at Hanyang University and spent many years working as part of the filming crew of various films such as <Sad Movie> (2005), <The Art Of Seduction> (2005) and <Tazza: The High Rollers> (2006), while directing a few short movies. After a project on which he would serve as first assistant director was suddenly cancelled, he started writing the screenplay for his debut feature. Even though he completed the script in one year, it took him seven more years to get if financed and produced. A thriller revolving around the slush fund of a corrupt politician, <TRUE FICTION> (2017) won Best Film and Best Screenplay of the Director’s Week section at Fantasporto (Oporto International Film Festival). Less