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Yi Ok-seop

Yi Ok-seop

Director · Born 1987-05-29 · Seoul, South Korea

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Biography

YI Ok-seop, born in 1987, graduated from the Seoul Institute of the Arts and later the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA). She debuted in 2010 with the short Please, Find My Mom. Most notable among her many short movies are A Dangerous Woman, which marked the first time she shared the direction with actor and director KOO Kyo-hwan, best known for Jane. KOO went on to serve as co-director for most of her following projects, while also appearing before the camera in some of them. For Girls on top, YI managed to get the participation of star actress CHUN Woo-hee. She also contributed to the anthology Now Playing, which was made to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Seoul Independent Film Festival. Her debut feature, Maggie, became the 14th film project officially supported by the National Human Rights Commission of the Republic of Korea, as it touches upon several social issues, like spy-cam porn, unemployment, real estate and city redevelopment, that often make the headlines in Korea. Featuring MOON So-ri and KOO, the film won the Citizen Critics’ Award at the Busan International Film Festival, as well as the Audience Award and the Grand Prix at the Osaka Asian Film Festival.

Directed

  1. Maggie (2019) — Director
  2. A Dangerous Woman (2014) — Director
  3. ROMEO (2019) — Director
  4. Girls on Top (2017) — Director
  5. Now Playing (2015) — Director
  6. Love Villain (2022) — Director
  7. Leave the Door Open (2021) — Director
  8. Fly To The Sky (2015) — Director
  9. Love Docu (2015) — Director
  10. Super Star Lee Hyori (2022) — Director
  11. Leave a message after beep (2018) — Director
  12. RAZ on Air (2012) — Director
  13. Please, Find My Mom (2010) — Director
  14. Your Country — Director
  15. I am a Rich Man (2025) — Director
  16. 사랑의 카운셀러 — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Maggie (2019) — Callcenter (voice)
  2. Movie Room (2018) — Self
  3. ROMEO (2019) — So-jung
  4. Adulthood (2018) — Pal-soon-yeon
  5. The Night of the Prophet (2014) — Callcenter
  6. Getaway and Go with Jangdobari (2025)
  7. Salon Drip (2023) — Self
  8. Fly To The Sky (2015) — DJ
  9. Allergy (2014) — Girl
  10. After School (2015) — Woman
  11. Closing Date (2018) — Ok-seop
  12. Seoul Check-in (2022) — Self