Nam Na-yeong (; born 1970) is a South Korean film editor and

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. She has edited films with directors

Ryoo Seung-wan Ryoo Seung-wan (born December 15, 1973) is a South Korean film director. Early life Ryoo Seung-wan was born in 1973 in Onyang, a small town in South Chungcheong Province. With the choice of domestic films mostly limited to propaganda and hostes ...

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Arahan ''Arahan'' () is a 2004 South Korean action film directed by Ryoo Seung-wan and starring his brother Ryoo Seung-bum along with Yoon So-yi, Ahn Sung-ki and Jung Doo-hong. The film was a relative commercial success, selling over 2 million tickets ...

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The City of Violence ''The City of Violence'' (; lit. "Partner" or "Pal") is a 2006 South Korean action thriller film co-written and directed by Ryoo Seung-wan, who stars in the film opposite action director and longtime collaborator Jung Doo-hong. The story re-unites ...

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Crying Fist ''Crying Fist'' () is a 2005 South Korean film written and directed by Ryoo Seung-wan. The film had 1,728,477 admissions nationwide. It screened in the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Choi Min-sik as Kang ...

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The Good, the Bad, the Weird ''The Good, the Bad, the Weird'' () is a 2008 South Korean Western action film directed by Kim Jee-woon and starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-hun, and Jung Woo-sung.' The film is inspired by the 1966 Italian Spaghetti Western ''The Good, the Bad and ...

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I Saw the Devil ''I Saw the Devil'' () is a 2010 South Korean action thriller film directed by Kim Jee-woon and written by Park Hoon-jung. Starring Lee Byung-hun and Choi Min-sik, the film follows NIS agent Kim Soo-hyun (Lee), who embarks on a quest of revenge ...

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Kang Hyeong-cheol Kang Hyeong-cheol is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. His first two films '' Scandal Makers'' (2008) and '' Sunny'' (2011) have been the highest grossing Korean films of their respective years, and are both among the highest gro ...

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Scandal Makers ''Scandal Makers'' () is a 2008 South Korean film written and directed by Kang Hyeong-cheol and starring Cha Tae-hyun, Park Bo-young and Wang Seok-hyeon. This was director Kang's first film and the highest grossing Korean film of the year. The ...

'', '' Sunny'', and '' Tazza: The Hidden Card''). As of 2020, Nam has edited more than 60 films.

Early life and career

Nam was born in 1970, in

Busan Busan (), officially known as is South Korea's most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.4 million inhabitants. Formerly romanized as Pusan, it is the economic, cultural and educational center of southeastern South Korea, w ...

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

. She graduated from

Kyungsung University Kyungsung University is a private university in Busan, South Korea. It is located in the district of Nam-gu, southwest of the famous Haeundae beach. The campus is located near Kyungsung University-Pukyong National University Station on Line 2 ...

's Department of Theater and Film. Nam began her career as a

in 1997. Her career as a film editor began with the 2002 film ''

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Recognitions

Nam was nominated in the Best Editing category for her works on ''Arahan'', ''The Good, the Bad, the Weird'', ''Scandal Makers'', and ''

Confession of Murder ''Confession of Murder'' (; lit. "I Am the Murderer") is a 2012 South Korean action thriller film directed by Jung Byung-gil, starring Jung Jae-young and Park Si-hoo. It is about a police officer who is haunted for failing to capture a serial kill ...

''; and won for ''Crying Fist'' and '' Masquerade''. She won an Asian Film Award for ''I Saw the Devil''; and at the

Blue Dragon Awards The Blue Dragon Film Awards () is an annual awards ceremony that is presented by ''Sports Chosun'' (a sister brand of the ''Chosun Ilbo'') for excellence in film in South Korea. The Blue Dragon Film Awards considers only blockbusters and popula ...

, she won for ''Masquerade'' and was nominated for ''Tazza: The Hidden Card''.

Filmography

References

External links

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at HanCinema
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