Yim Pil-sung

Directing

Yim Pil-sung

Born 13 May 1972 · Seoul, South Korea · 54

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.

Known for

Highlights

The Host2006 · Film · Fat Guevara
Hansel & Gretel2007 · Film · Screenplay
Doomsday Book2012 · Film · Director
Scarlet Innocence2014 · Film · Director
Persona2019 · Series · Writer
Antarctic Journal2005 · Film · Director

Filmography

Movies

13 films

Catacomb2020 · Film · Director
The Nest2017 · Film · Director
Scarlet Innocence2014 · Film · Director
Playboy Bong2013 · Film · Director Yim Pil-Sung
Doomsday Book2012 · Film · Director
Happy Birthday2012 · Film · Director
A Brave New World2012 · Film · Director
Hansel & Gretel2007 · Film · Screenplay
The Host2006 · Film · Fat Guevara
Sunday Seoul2006 · Film · Writer
Antarctic Journal2005 · Film · Director
Baby2000 · Film · Director
Brushing1998 · Film · Director

Filmography

Series

2 shows

Mad Concrete Dreams2026 · Series · Director
Persona2019 · Series · Writer