Yim Pil-sung

Yim Pil-sung

Actor · Director · Producer · Writer

Seoul, South Korea
May 13, 1972

Biography

Yim Pil-sung (born May 13, 1972) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He wrote and directed Antarctic Journal (2005), Hansel and Gretel (2007), and Scarlet Innocence (2014). Yim Pil-sung began directing short films in 1997, with Souvenir as his first. Brushing (1998), about an overweight teenage boy who is left home alone with his senile grandfather, was invited to the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. Baby (1999) screened at the Venice Film Festival and Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Mobile (starring Park Hae-il, Yoon Jin-seo, and Yoon Je-moon) was included in the 2003 omnibus Show Me.

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Representative Works

Scarlet Innocence
Scarlet Innocence
6.1
/ Korean
The Host
The Host
7.0
/ Korean
Dark Nuns
Dark Nuns
6.2
/ Korean
Doomsday Book
Doomsday Book
6.2
/ Korean
Playboy Bong
Playboy Bong
5.1
/ Korean
Hansel & Gretel
Hansel & Gretel
6.7
/ Korean
Antarctic Journal
Antarctic Journal
6.0
/ Korean
Dear Jinri
Dear Jinri
8.2
/ Korean
A Brave New World
A Brave New World
No Rating Yet
/ Korean
Sunday Seoul
Sunday Seoul
4.0
/ Korean
Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday
No Rating Yet
/ Korean

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Scarlet Innocence
2014Nominee

Best Director

Scarlet Innocence

The Host
2006Nominee

Best Performance

The Host

Dark Nuns
2025Nominee

Best Writing

Dark Nuns

Career Highlights

Doomsday Book
2012Highlight

Best Director

Doomsday Book

Playboy Bong
2013Highlight

Best Director

Playboy Bong