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- IM Sang-soo
- Director ,Actor,Screenwriter
- IM Sang-soo cast [JEON Do-youn] and remade <The Housemaid>, one of the best Korean movies of all time, directed by late [KIM Ki-young] in 1960. The remake was screened in Competition at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival in 2010. Im has created stir and received critical acclaim with every film he made, unmasking the problems of the Korean society with his sharp eyes and narrative. He wrote the script of <Guro Arirang>(1989), directed by [PARK Jong-won], and worked on ... expand
- IM Sang-soo cast [JEON Do-youn] and remade <The Housemaid>, one of the best Korean movies of all time, directed by late [KIM Ki-young] in 1960. The remake was screened in Competition at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival in 2010. Im has created stir and received critical acclaim with every film he made, unmasking the problems of the Korean society with his sharp eyes and narrative. He wrote the script of <Guro Arirang>(1989), directed by [PARK Jong-won], and worked on the sets of movies by [KIM Young-bin] and [IM Kwon-taek]. IM’s other movies also competed for international awards, <Tears>(2000) in the Berlin Film Festival(Panorama) and <A Good Lawyer’s Wife>(2003) in the Venice Film Festival (official competition). <The President’s Last Bang>(2005) was selected for Cannes Directors' Fortnight, but had to be released in Korea with some scenes deleted for dealing with one of the most sensitive incident in modern Korean history. IM is well received in France as well so much so that he took residence in France to work on directing. His movies are also regarded highly overseas as in Korea. In 2010 he remade KIM Ki-young’s <the Housemaid> (1960) and received an invitation to the main competition of the Cannes Film Festival. He returned to the Cannes competition section two years later with the stylish drama-thriller <The Taste of Money>. For his next project he teamed up with 20th Century Fox to make the action-thriller <Intimate Enemies> with RYOO Seung-bum. close
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- Filmography
- The Vampire Lives Next Door to Us 2015 Director ( Director )
- Color of Asia - Masters 2015 Director ( Director )
- Intimate Enemies 2015 Director ( Director )
- Intimate Enemies 2015 Actor
- Intimate Enemies 2015 Staff ( Screenwriter )
- The Taste of Money 2012 Director ( Director )
- The Taste of Money 2012 Staff ( Screenwriter )
- The Housemaid 2010 Director ( Director )
- The Housemaid 2010 Staff ( Screenwriter )
- The Old Garden 2007 Director ( Director )
- The Old Garden 2007 Staff ( Screenwriter )
- The President's Last Bang 2005 Director ( Director )
- The President's Last Bang 2005 Staff ( Screenwriter )
- A Good Lawyer's Wife 2003 Director ( Director )
- A Good Lawyer's Wife 2003 Staff ( Screenwriter )
- Tears 2001 Director ( Director )
- Tears 2001 Actor
- Tears 2001 Staff ( Investment )
- Girls' Night Out 1998 Director ( Director )
- Girls' Night Out 1998 Staff ( Screenwriter )
- Eternal Empire 1995 Staff ( Screenwriter )

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- Awards and Invitation
- <A Good Lawyer's Wife> Seoul International Women’s Film Festival : SIWFF (2019) - Korean Film 100 Years: Women's Faces in Korean Cinema
- <The President's Last Bang> Jeonju International Film Festival : JIFF (2019) - 100 Years of Korean Cinema: Wild at Heart
- <The Housemaid> Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival : BIFAN (2017) - Special Programs
- <The Taste of Money> Buenos Aires Korean Film Festival (2016)
- <The Taste of Money> London Korean Film Festival (2016) - Actor Focus: Baek Yoon-sik
- <Intimate Enemies> SITGES – International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia (2016) - Òrbita
- <The Vampire Lives Next Door to Us> Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (2016) - Asia International Program4
- <The Old Garden> Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema (2016) - South Korea: Cinema and Litterature
- <Color of Asia - Masters> Busan International Film Festival : BIFF (2015) - Gala Presentation
- <The President's Last Bang> New York Asian Film Festival (2015) - "MYUNG FILMS: Pioneers And Women Behind The Camera In Korean Film "
- <The Vampire Lives Next Door to Us> Seoul Independent Film Festival : SIFF (2015) - Invitation Films_Short 3
- <The Taste of Money> Black Movie Festival (2013) - To be followed returns
- <The Taste of Money> Korean Film Festival DC (2013) - New Korean Cinema
- <The Taste of Money> Florence Korea Film Fest (2013)
- <The Housemaid> Fribourg International Film Festival (2013) - Carte Blanche to Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival
- <The Housemaid> Florence Korea Film Fest (2013)
- <The Taste of Money> Taoyuan Film Festival (2013) - Korean Wide Angle
- <The Taste of Money> Fribourg International Film Festival (2013) - Carte Blanche to Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival
- <The Taste of Money> Buil Film Awards (2012)
- <The Taste of Money> SITGES – International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia (2012)
- <The Taste of Money> Busan International Film Festival : BIFF (2012) - Korean Cinema Today-Panorama
- <The Taste of Money> Melbourne International Film Festival (2012)
- <The Taste of Money> Melbourne International Film Festival (2012)
- <The Taste of Money> New Zealand International Film Festival (2012)
- <The Taste of Money> Cannes Film Festival (2012) - Competition
- <The President's Last Bang> Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema (2012) - Thematique : Brulures de l'histoire
- <The Taste of Money> Paris Korean Film Festival (2012) - AVANT-PREMIÈRES
- <The Housemaid> Asian Film Awards (2011) - Best Costume Design
- <The Housemaid> CPH:PIX (2011) - Asian Connection
- <The Housemaid> Palm Springs International Film Festival (2011) - World Cinema Now
- <The Housemaid> Maxmovie Best Film Award () - Best Supporting Actress
- <The Housemaid> Asian Film Awards (2011) - Best Supporting Actress - Best Supporting Actress
- <The Housemaid> Fantas Porto - Oporto International Film Festival (2011) - Semana dos Realizadores
- <The Housemaid> Black Movie Festival (2011) - To be followed
- <The Housemaid> Portland International Film Festival (2011)
- <The Housemaid> Asian Film Awards (2011) - Best Actress
- <The Housemaid> Cinema Novo Festival (2011) - All-round Program
- <The Housemaid> Osaka Asian Film Festival (2011) - Special Screenings
- <The Old Garden> Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema (2011) - Regard sur le cin?ma cor?en : 1945 ?2010
- <The Housemaid> DAEJONG FILM AWARDS (2010) - Best Supporting Actress
- <The Housemaid> Chunsa Film Festival (2010) - Best Supporting Actress
- <The Housemaid> The Korean Association of Film Critics Awards (2010) - Best Music
- <The Housemaid> KOREA FILM AWARD (2010) - Best Supporting Actress
- <The Housemaid> The Blue Dragon Awards (2010) - Best Supporting Actress
- <The Housemaid> Cinemanila International Film Festival (2010) - International Competition / Mabuhay, Mr. Kim!: Focus on Korean Cinema - Best Director, Best Actress
- <The Housemaid> CAAMFest (2010) - Out of the Vaults
- <The Housemaid> Cannes Film Festival (2010) - Competition
- <The Housemaid> New Zealand International Film Festival (2010)
- <The Housemaid> Melbourne International Film Festival (2010) - Feature Films
- <The Housemaid> Toronto International Film Festival (2010) - Gala Presentation
- <The Housemaid> Helsinki International Film Festival - Love & Anarchy (2010) - Gala Presentation
- <The Housemaid> Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival (2010) - World Panorama
- <The Housemaid> Chicago International Film Festival (2010) - World Cinema
- <The Housemaid> Busan International Film Festival : BIFF (2010) - Korean Cinema Today
- <The Housemaid> SITGES – International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia (2010) - Official Fant?stic COMPETITION
- <The Housemaid> Oslo Films from the South Festival (2010) - Complex Asia
- <The Housemaid> Buil Film Awards (2010)
- <The Housemaid> Film Fest Gent (2010) - Official Selection in Competition
- <The Housemaid> Canberra International Film Festival (2010) - Personal Journeys
- <The Housemaid> AFI Fest (2010) - World Cinema
- <The Housemaid> Ljubljana International Film Festival (2010) - Panorama
- <The Housemaid> Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (2010) - Panorama
- <The Housemaid> The Blue Dragon Awards (2010)
- <The Housemaid> Courmayeur Noir Film Festival (2010) - Competition
- <The Housemaid> Molodist - Kyiv International Film Festival (2010) - Official Selection
- <The President's Last Bang> Fribourg International Film Festival (2010) - Carte Blanche au Lausanne Underground Film
- <The Housemaid> Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival (BAFICI) (2009) - Modern Classics
- <The Housemaid> Marrakech International Film Festival (2009) - Tribute to South Korean Cinema
- <The Old Garden> Marrakech International Film Festival (2009) - Tribute to South Korean Cinema
- <The Housemaid> International Film Festival Rotterdam (2009) - Signals:Regained
- <The Old Garden> Ankara International Film Festival (2008) - From All Over the World
- <The Housemaid> Tokyo International Film Festival (2008) - Winds of Asia-Middle East
- <Mr. Koo's Camera> Yokohama Student Film Festival (2008)
- <The Old Garden> Palm Springs International Film Festival (2007) - World Cinema Now
- <The Old Garden> Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival (BAFICI) (2007)
- <The Old Garden> San Francisco International Film Festival (2007) - world cinema
- <The Old Garden> Busan Film Critics Association Awards (2007) - Best Film
- <The Old Garden> Deauville Asian Film Festival (2007) - Panorama
- <The Old Garden> Edinburgh International Film Festival (2007) - Directors' Showcase
- <The Old Garden> International Film Festival of Kerala (2007)
- <The Old Garden> Miami Film Festival (2007) - International Panorama - Dramatic Features: World Cinema
- <The Old Garden> Cleveland International Film Festival (2007) - Continental Airlines World Tour, Pacific Pearls
- <The Old Garden> Paeksang Arts Awards (2007) - Film Awards - Best Actress
- <Girls' Night Out> Paris Cinema International Film Festival (2006) - New Korean Cinemas
- <Tears> Paris Cinema International Film Festival (2006) - New Korean Cinemas
- <The President's Last Bang> Paris Cinema International Film Festival (2006) - New Korean Cinemas
- <The President's Last Bang> Sydney Film Festival (2006)
- <The President's Last Bang> Singapore International Film Festival (2006) - Asian Cinema
- <The President's Last Bang> Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival (BAFICI) (2006)
- <The President's Last Bang> NatFilm Festival (2006) - Asian Tigers
- <The President's Last Bang> Bermuda International Film Festival (2006) - Screening
- <The President's Last Bang> Cinema Novo Festival (2006) - CULT!-uur
- <The President's Last Bang> Mexico city´s International Contemporary Film Festival (2006) - Official Section
- <The President's Last Bang> Mollet del Valles Graves Asian Film Festival (2006)
- <The President's Last Bang> Pune International Film Festival (2006) - Competition
- <The President's Last Bang> Edinburgh International Film Festival (2005) - Directors' Showcase
- <The President's Last Bang> Toronto International Film Festival (2005) - Contemporary World Cinema
- <The President's Last Bang> New York Film Festival (2005) - Main Program
- <The President's Last Bang> Paeksang Arts Awards (2005) - Film Awards - Best Film
- <The President's Last Bang> Melbourne International Film Festival (2005) - Regional Focus
- <The President's Last Bang> Director's Cut Awards (2005)
- <The President's Last Bang> Cinemanila International Film Festival (2005) - Films in Competition - Lino Brocka Award
- <The President's Last Bang> Cannes Film Festival (2005) - The 37th Directors' Fortnight
- <The President's Last Bang> Osian's - Cinefan, Festival of Asian & Arab Cinema (2005) - Asian Competition
- <The President's Last Bang> Stockholm International Film Festival (2005) - Asian Images
- <A Good Lawyer's Wife> CAAMFest (2004) - New Asian Cinema
- <A Good Lawyer's Wife> University Film Festival of Korea : UNIFF (2004)
- <A Good Lawyer's Wife> Edinburgh International Film Festival (2004) - Directors'Showcase
- <A Good Lawyer's Wife> New Horizons International Film Festival (2004)
- <A Good Lawyer's Wife> Deauville Asian Film Festival (2004) - Asian Cinema
- <A Good Lawyer's Wife> Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival (2004)
- <A Good Lawyer's Wife> Bermuda International Film Festival (2004)
- <A Good Lawyer's Wife> NatFilm Festival (2004)
- <A Good Lawyer's Wife> Philadelphia Film Festival (2004) - New Korean Cinema
- <A Good Lawyer's Wife> Seattle International Film Festival (2004) - Contemporary World Cinema
- <A Good Lawyer's Wife> Melbourne International Film Festival (2004) - Regional Focus
- <A Good Lawyer's Wife> Sydney Film Festival (2004) - Morality : Korean Style
- <A Good Lawyer's Wife> Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (2004) - Horizons
- <A Good Lawyer's Wife> Maxmovie Best Film Award (2004) - Best Actress
- <A Good Lawyer's Wife> Transilvania International Film Festival (2004) - Focus Korea
- <A Good Lawyer's Wife> The Korean Association of Film Critics Awards (2003) - Best Screenplay
- <A Good Lawyer's Wife> Busan Film Critics Association Awards (2003) - Best Supporting Actress
- <A Good Lawyer's Wife> Bergen International Film Festival (2003) -
- <A Good Lawyer's Wife> Stockholm International Film Festival (2003) -
- <A Good Lawyer's Wife> KOREA FILM AWARD (2003) - Best Supporting Actress
- <A Good Lawyer's Wife> Women in Film Korea Festival (2003) - Best Actress
- <A Good Lawyer's Wife> Director's Cut Awards (2003)
- <A Good Lawyer's Wife> Director's Cut Awards (2003)
- <A Good Lawyer's Wife> Venice International Film Festival (2003) - VENEZIA60
- <A Good Lawyer's Wife> Toronto International Film Festival (2003)
- <A Good Lawyer's Wife> Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival (2003)
- <A Good Lawyer's Wife> Film Fest Gent (2003)
- <Girls' Night Out> Hong Kong International Film Festival (2001) - New Century Women
- <Tears> Berlin International Film Festival (2001)
- <Tears> Hong Kong International Film Festival (2001)
- <Tears> Stockholm International Film Festival (2001)
- <Tears> Sydney Asia Pacific Film Festival (2001)
- <Tears> Singapore International Film Festival (2001) - Asian Panorama
- <Tears> Melbourne International Film Festival (2001) - Regional Focus
- <Tears> Moscow International Film Festival (2001)
- <Tears> Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival (BAFICI) (2001)
- <Tears> New Asian Currents (2001)
- <Tears> Edinburgh International Film Festival (2001)
- <Girls' Night Out> Ljubljana International Film Festival (2000)
- <Girls' Night Out> International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg (2000)
- <Girls' Night Out> Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival (2000)
- <Girls' Night Out> International Film Festival Rotterdam (2000)
- <Girls' Night Out> Göteborg International Film Festival (2000)
- <Girls' Night Out> Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival (BAFICI) (2000)
- <Girls' Night Out> Udine Far East Film Festival (2000)
- <Girls' Night Out> Kinotavr Film Festival (2000)
- <Girls' Night Out> Milan Street Film Festival (2000)
- <Girls' Night Out> Chunsa Film Festival (1999) - Best New Actress
- <Girls' Night Out> The Blue Dragon Awards (1998) - Best New Actress
- <Girls' Night Out> The Blue Dragon Awards (1998) - Best New Director