Joung Yu-mi
Directing
- Born
- March 14, 1981 (age 45) · South Korea
Filmmaker, animation artist, and illustrator. Studied animation directing at the Korean Academy of Film Arts. A participant and award-winner at leading global festivals, her films Dust Kid (2009), Math Test (2010), Love Games (2013), House of Existence (2022), The Waves (2023) have been selected for Cannes, Berlin, Locarno, and Zagreb film festivals. In addition to animation, she works in book illustration and has been awarded prizes at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. Since 2019, she has been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. One of Jeong Yumi’s recent works, Circle (2024), was featured in the International Competition of the 34th Message to Man Film Festival.
Known for
House of Existence
February 17, 2022
Circle
February 17, 2024
Plant Cafe, Warmth
June 24, 2021
The layover
March 29, 2023
Killerswell: Our Space
July 7, 2020
My Small Doll House
January 1, 2006
Love Games
February 10, 2013
Dust Kid
May 1, 2009
Journeys in Math and Genetics
October 15, 2025
Math Test
February 12, 2010
The Boy from Nowhere
May 5, 2019
The Waves
August 4, 2023
Behind the camera16
- 2025Journeys in Math and Genetics Producer
- 2025Paranoid Kid Director, Writer, Editor
- 2025Glasses Director, Writer, Editor
- 2025Layover Hotel Writer
- 2024Circle Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Music, Production Design
- 2023The Waves Writer, Editor, Director
- 2023The layover Producer, Writer
- 2022House of Existence Editor, Writer, Director
- 2021Plant Cafe, Warmth Writer, Producer
- 2020