Yim Soon-rye
| Yim Soon-rye | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 1, 1961 Incheon, South Korea |
| Other names | Im Soon-rye Lim Soon-rye |
| Alma mater |
Hanyang University Paris 8 University |
| Occupation |
Film director, screenwriter, producer |
| Years active | 1993-present |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 임순례 |
| Hanja | 任順禮 |
| Revised Romanization | Im Sun-rye |
| McCune–Reischauer | Im Sun-rye |
Yim Soon-rye (born January 1, 1961) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. She is considered one of the few leading female auteurs of Korean New Wave cinema.
Born in 1961 in Incheon, Yim Soon-rye graduated from Hanyang University in 1985 with a B.A. in English Literature and an M.A. in Theater and Film. She received her master's degree in Film Studies from Paris 8 University in 1992 with a thesis titled "Study on Kenji Mizoguchi."
Upon her return to Korea in 1993, she worked as an assistant director on Yeo Kyun-dong's Out to the World. In 1994, she directed her first short film Promenade in the Rain, which won the Grand Prize and the Press Award at the 1st Seoul International Short Film Festival.
She made her feature film debut with Three Friends (1996), which explored Korean masculinity and marginalization through the lives of three young men who have difficulty adjusting to the social system. It won the NETPAC Award at the 6th Pusan International Film Festival.
Her second feature was Waikiki Brothers in 2001, a bittersweet drama about a struggling nightclub band that wanders from one small town to another for a gig. It was the opening film of the 2nd Jeonju International Film Festival. Despite low ticket sales, Waikiki Brothers drew critical acclaim, with film critic Shim Young-seop praising Yim's use of long takes as a manifestation of the director's deep love for her characters. Yim won Best Screenplay at the 9th Chunsa Film Art Awards and Best Director at the 21st Korean Association of Film Critics Awards in 2001, while Waikiki Brothers won Best Film at the 38th Baeksang Arts Awards in 2002. And with its cult following, the film was later adapted into the stage musical Go! Waikiki Brothers! in 2004.
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