Kim Hee-jung

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Female

Birthday 1970-04-04 (54 years old)

Place of Birth Seoul, South Korea

Also Known As 김희정, Kim Hee Jung, Hee-jeong Kim, Hee-jung Kim

Kim Hee-jung

Biography

After studying at the Polish National Film School in Lodz, KIM Heejung made her first feature film The Wonder Years (2007), the story of a girl who embarks on a journey to find her real mother. The film focuses on the troubled identity of a person who longs for something that doesn’t belong to her. Her second feature, Grape Candy (2011) is a rumination of memories which dominate the present. Her third feature Snow Paths (2015) is the story of a man attempting to overcome trauma who is sent to a Catholic sanatorium for alcoholism, and meets a nun who can spiritually commune with dead souls. Her latest feature, A French Woman follows the delirium of a woman who confronts her painful past through a mysterious time gate.

Known For

Director

2020
A French Woman

as Director

2016
Snow Paths

as Director

2012
Grape Candy

as Director

2007
The Wonder Years

as Director

2001
Once Someday

as Director

Writer

2020
A French Woman

as Writer

2016
Snow Paths

as Screenplay

2012
Grape Candy

as Screenplay

2007
The Wonder Years

as Screenplay

2001
Once Someday

as Writer