Han Jae-rim (born July 14, 1975) is a South Korean film director. He
directed Rules of Dating (2005), The Show Must Go On (2007), and The
Face Reader (2013).Born in 1975, Han Jae-rim graduated from Seoul
Institute of the Arts in 1998. He began his filmmaking career in 2003
as an assistant director and script editor for Min Byung-chun's
Natural City.Han was the runner-up for Best Screenplay at the Korean
Film Council (KOFIC) Screenplay Contest in 2003 with To Do or Not to
Do, which he had co-written with Go Yoon-hee. Retitled Rules of
Dating, it became his directorial debut in 2005. Featuring sexually
frank dialogue between teacher colleagues played by Park Hae-il and
Kang Hye-jung, the film explored controversial gender politics, sexual
harassment and moral relativism in a cynical and unsettling take on
the romantic comedy. Rules of Dating drew critical praise and became a
sleeper hit with 1.6 million admissions. Han won Best Screenplay at
the Blue Dragon Film Awards, along with Best New Director at the Busan
Film Critics Awards and the Grand Bell Awards.Han, Kim Jee-woon and
Yim Pil-sung then signed on to each shoot a short film for the omnibus
Doomsday Book in 2006. Han's segment "The Christmas Gift" was supposed
to have been a science-fiction musical retelling of O. Henry's The
Gift of the Magi, but it was never shot after financing fell through.
The film was later released in 2012, but without Han's involvement
(Kim and Yim co-directed the third short with a completely new
script).
directed Rules of Dating (2005), The Show Must Go On (2007), and The
Face Reader (2013).Born in 1975, Han Jae-rim graduated from Seoul
Institute of the Arts in 1998. He began his filmmaking career in 2003
as an assistant director and script editor for Min Byung-chun's
Natural City.Han was the runner-up for Best Screenplay at the Korean
Film Council (KOFIC) Screenplay Contest in 2003 with To Do or Not to
Do, which he had co-written with Go Yoon-hee. Retitled Rules of
Dating, it became his directorial debut in 2005. Featuring sexually
frank dialogue between teacher colleagues played by Park Hae-il and
Kang Hye-jung, the film explored controversial gender politics, sexual
harassment and moral relativism in a cynical and unsettling take on
the romantic comedy. Rules of Dating drew critical praise and became a
sleeper hit with 1.6 million admissions. Han won Best Screenplay at
the Blue Dragon Film Awards, along with Best New Director at the Busan
Film Critics Awards and the Grand Bell Awards.Han, Kim Jee-woon and
Yim Pil-sung then signed on to each shoot a short film for the omnibus
Doomsday Book in 2006. Han's segment "The Christmas Gift" was supposed
to have been a science-fiction musical retelling of O. Henry's The
Gift of the Magi, but it was never shot after financing fell through.
The film was later released in 2012, but without Han's involvement
(Kim and Yim co-directed the third short with a completely new
script).
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