Im Sang-soo (born April 27, 1962) is a South Korean film director and
screenwriter. He has twice been invited to compete for the Palme d'Or
at the Cannes Film Festival, with The Housemaid in 2010 and The Taste
of Money in 2012.Im was born in Seoul. He studied sociology at Yonsei
University in Seoul before making a move to the Korean Academy of Film
Arts (KAFA) in 1989. He began working in film that same year, landing
his first job as Park Jeong-won's assistant director on Kuro Arirang
(was coincidentally also the first film of actor Choi
Min-sik).Following graduation from KAFA, Im worked as an assistant
director under Kim Young-bin on Kim's War (1994). In 1995 Im wrote the
screenplay for The Eternal Empire, and also the screenplayA Noteworthy
Film, which won him the Creation Prix at the Korean Motion Picture
Promotion Scenario Competition.In 1998 Im landed his first directorial
gig. Girls' Night Out, a drama about three women in Korea, caused a
controversy upon release due to the frank and sexually driven dialogue
and has received mixed, almost polarized, reviews.
screenwriter. He has twice been invited to compete for the Palme d'Or
at the Cannes Film Festival, with The Housemaid in 2010 and The Taste
of Money in 2012.Im was born in Seoul. He studied sociology at Yonsei
University in Seoul before making a move to the Korean Academy of Film
Arts (KAFA) in 1989. He began working in film that same year, landing
his first job as Park Jeong-won's assistant director on Kuro Arirang
(was coincidentally also the first film of actor Choi
Min-sik).Following graduation from KAFA, Im worked as an assistant
director under Kim Young-bin on Kim's War (1994). In 1995 Im wrote the
screenplay for The Eternal Empire, and also the screenplayA Noteworthy
Film, which won him the Creation Prix at the Korean Motion Picture
Promotion Scenario Competition.In 1998 Im landed his first directorial
gig. Girls' Night Out, a drama about three women in Korea, caused a
controversy upon release due to the frank and sexually driven dialogue
and has received mixed, almost polarized, reviews.
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