Boo Ji-young (born September 16, 1971) is a South Korean director and scriptwriter. After graduating from the Korean Academy of Film Arts,[1] she began her career in independent filmmaking in South Korea. She created her first film Sisters on the Road in 2008.[2] She is best known for her film Cart (2014), which was screened at many international film festivals.[2]

Early life and education

Boo graduated from Korean Academy of Film Arts. After that, she was the script supervisor on Lee Jae-yong's Untold Scandal in 2003.[2]

Career

Boo made her first feature film Sisters on the Road in 2008.[2] The film examined the thought and state of womanhood in modern South Korean society.[2] She was invited to the Busan International Film Festival, International Women's Film Festival, and the Tokyo International Women's Film Festival to screen the film.[1] Later, she created an experimental omnibus documentary called Myselves: The Actress No Makeup Project (2012).[2] She has also collaborated on several omnibus film projects such as the human rights project If You Were Me 5 (2010) and the Jeonju International Film Festival's 'Short! Short! Short! in 2011.[1]

Boo is best known for her film Cart from 2014, based on a real events in South Korea.[2] It was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival.[1] Boo was interested in the issues related to women and labourers in South Korea.[3] She believes that the public should see women directors as equal to men directors, rather than categorizing women directors as "women's cinema" when they make films.[4]

Filmography

• Cart 2014 ( Director and Scriptwriter )
• Myselves : The Actress No Makeup Project 2012 ( Director and Editor）
• A Time to Love 2011 ( Director )
• Moonwalk 2011 ( Director and Scriptwriter )
• Sisters On The Road 2009 ( Director and Scriptwriter )
• Untold Scandal 2003( Scriptwriter )

Awards and Invitations

• Cart SEOUL International Women’s Film Festival (2015) - Polemics #IAmAFeminist
• Cart New York Asian Film Festival (2015) - "MYUNG FILMS: Pioneers And Women Behind The Camera In Korean Film "
• Cart Udine Far East Film Festival (2015) - Competition Section
• Cart CAAMFest (2015) - CinemAsia
• Cart Santa Barbara International Film Festival (2015) - Pan Asia
• Cart Asian/Asian-American film festival (2014) - Audience Award
• Cart Toronto International Film Festival (2014) - City to City
• Cart Hawaii International Film Festival (2014) - Spotlight on Korea
• Cart Busan International Film Festival (2014) - Open Cinema
• Myselves : The Actress No Makeup Project Women's International Film Festival in Chennai (2012)
• Myselves : The Actress No Makeup Project SEOUL International Women's Film Festival (2012)
• Myselves : The Actress No Makeup Project Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival (2012)
• Moonwalk Women's International Film Festival in Chennai (2012)
• A Time to Love Cinemanila International Film Festival (2011) - World Cinema
• Myselves : The Actress No Makeup Project Seoul Independent FIlm Festival(SIFF) (2011) - Opening Film
• Sisters On The Road The Asian Women's Film Festival (2009) - New Asian Cinema
• Sisters On The Road Tokyo International Women's Film Festival (2009)
• Sisters On The Road Hong Kong Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (2009) - Asian Power
• Sisters On The Road Asian Film Festival, Mumbai (2009) - Competition
• Sisters On The Road Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (2009) - Forum of Independents

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