Yoon Ga-eun (born February 15, 1982) is a South Korean

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and

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. Her films explore the stories of young children and youth.

Career

Yoon Ga-eun graduated from the History Department of

Sogang University Sogang University (SU; ) is a private Jesuit research university in Mapo, Seoul, South Korea. Sogang University was established on April 18, 1960 by the Society of Jesus, with the school being the oldest and only Jesuit institution of higher e ...

and continued her graduate studies at the School of Film, TV & Multimedia at

Korea National University of Arts Korea National University of Arts () is a national university in Seoul, South Korea. Korea National University of Arts was established in 1993 by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism as the only national university of arts with an aim to ...

. Her first film as a director was a 19-minute short film, ''The Taste of Salvia'', introduced in 2009. Shortly afterwards, she directed several films including ''Proof'' (2010), ''Guest'' (2011), ''Sprout'' (2013), ''Tabloid Truth'' (2014) and ''The World of Us'' (2015). Her first breakthrough film was ''Guest'' (2011), a movie perceptively capturing a phase of the growing pains that a pubescent high school girl experiences. This film won the grand prize from the 34th

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in 2012. ''Sprout'' (2013) is an adventure story of a little girl who has been left alone for the first time. Yoon expressed the small change that a little girl faces through the steps of discoveries. After Yoon finished ''Sprout'', she stated that she thought that people would strive all the time to achieve their goal, but there are things that they cannot achieve, no matter how hard they try. She dissolved the meaningful process into ''Sprout''. Yoon is also known for finding new actresses. The Korean actress Jung Yeon-ju started her career with ''Guest'' (2011), also

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was cast by Yoon. Kim was invited to the

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as the youngest actress ever.

Filmography

Feature films

Short films

Accolades

Source: *2016

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- Generation (''The World of Us'') *2016

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Kids International Film Festival - TIFF KIDS (''The World of Us'') *2016 Udine

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- Competition Section - SOUTH KOREA (''The World of Us'') *2016 Toronto Korean Film Festival - Opening Night Feature Presentation (''The World of Us'') *2016

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- Korean Cinema Today-Panorama (''The World of Us'')

Jury member

* 2022 — Jury member, Sonje Award at

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Ambassadorship

* Unobstructed Film Ambassadors (2023)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yoon, Ga-eun South Korean film directors South Korean women film directors South Korean screenwriters 1982 births Living people Sogang University alumni Korea National University of Arts alumni