Yim Pil-sung

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.

Directed

1. Hansel & Gretel (2007) — Director
2. Doomsday Book (2012) — Director
3. Scarlet Innocence (2014) — Director
4. Antarctic Journal (2005) — Director
5. Persona (2019) — Director
6. Mad Concrete Dreams (2026) — Director
7. The Nest (2017) — Director
8. Catacomb (2020) — Director
9. Brushing (1998) — Director
10. Baby (2000) — Director
11. The Tomb of Fog — Director
12. Departure, Sun (2020) — Director
13. A Brave New World (2012) — Director
14. Happy Birthday (2012) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Host (2006) — Fat Guevara
2. Movie Room (2018) — Self
3. Behind the Camera (2013) — Self
4. Playboy Bong (2013) — Director Yim Pil-Sung
5. Rewind, Pause, Then, Play (2023) — Self