Nam Na-yeong (; born 1970) is a South Korean film editor and
negative cutter. She has edited films with directors
Ryoo Seung-wan
Ryoo Seung-wan (; born December 15, 1973) is a South Korean filmmaker. He made his debut in 1996 with the short film ''Dangerous Head'', then worked as a director under director Park Chan-wook, took film lessons, and made his feature film debut ...
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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 ...
'', ''
The City of Violence
''The City of Violence'' () is a 2006 South Korean action film directed by Ryoo Seung-wan, who stars in the film, alongside Jung Doo-hong and Lee Beom-soo.
Plot
Wang-jae, an ex-gangster, chases a gang of punks into an alley and gets fatally stab ...
'', and ''
Crying Fist''),
Kim Jee-woon
Kim Jee-woon (; born July 6, 1964) is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was a theater actor and director before debuting with his self-written and directed film, '' The Quiet Family'' in 1998. Kim has worked with incr ...
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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 a ...
'' and ''
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 for ven ...
''), and
Kang Hyeong-cheol
Kang Hyeong-cheol is a South Korean film director and screenwriter
A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can inc ...
(''
Scandal Makers'', ''
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 Busan Metropolitan City, is South Korea's second list of cities in South Korea by population, most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.3 million as of 2024. Formerly romanized as Pusan, it is the economi ...
,
South Korea
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.
She graduated from
Kyungsung University's department of theater and film.
Nam began her career as a
negative cutter in 1997. Her career as a film editor began with the 2002 film ''
Wet Dreams
A wet dream, sex dream, or sleep orgasm, is a spontaneous occurrence of sexual arousal during sleep that includes ejaculation (nocturnal emission) and orgasm for a male, and vaginal lubrication and/or orgasm for a female.
Context
Nocturnal emis ...
'', and went on to work with established South Korean film directors, including
Ryoo Seung-wan
Ryoo Seung-wan (; born December 15, 1973) is a South Korean filmmaker. He made his debut in 1996 with the short film ''Dangerous Head'', then worked as a director under director Park Chan-wook, took film lessons, and made his feature film debut ...
(''
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 ...
'', ''
The City of Violence
''The City of Violence'' () is a 2006 South Korean action film directed by Ryoo Seung-wan, who stars in the film, alongside Jung Doo-hong and Lee Beom-soo.
Plot
Wang-jae, an ex-gangster, chases a gang of punks into an alley and gets fatally stab ...
'', and ''
Crying Fist''),
Kim Jee-woon
Kim Jee-woon (; born July 6, 1964) is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was a theater actor and director before debuting with his self-written and directed film, '' The Quiet Family'' in 1998. Kim has worked with incr ...
(''
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 a ...
'' and ''
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 for ven ...
''), and
Kang Hyeong-cheol
Kang Hyeong-cheol is a South Korean film director and screenwriter
A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can inc ...
(''
Scandal Makers'', ''
Sunny'', and ''
Tazza: The Hidden Card'').
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''; 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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Nam Na-yeongat HanCinema
남나영at Naver 영화 (Korean)
남나영at Cine 21 (Korean)
1971 births
Living people
Kyungsung University alumni
People from Busan
South Korean film editors
Women film editors
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