Kim Hee-jung
Directing
- Born
- April 4, 1970 (age 56) · Seoul, South Korea
After studying at the Polish National Film School in Lodz, KIM Heejung made her first feature film The Wonder Years (2007), the story of a girl who embarks on a journey to find her real mother. The film focuses on the troubled identity of a person who longs for something that doesn’t belong to her. Her second feature, Grape Candy (2011) is a rumination of memories which dominate the present. Her third feature Snow Paths (2015) is the story of a man attempting to overcome trauma who is sent to a Catholic sanatorium for alcoholism, and meets a nun who can spiritually commune with dead souls. Her latest feature, A French Woman follows the delirium of a woman who confronts her painful past through a mysterious time gate.
Known for
Behind the camera6
- 2023Where Would You Like to Go? Director, Writer
- 2020A French Woman Director, Writer
- 2016Snow Paths Director, Screenplay
- 2012Grape Candy Director, Screenplay
- 2007The Wonder Years Director, Screenplay
- 2001Once Someday Director, Writer