Boo Ji-young (born September 16, 1971) is a South Korean director and scriptwriter. After graduating from the Korean Academy of Film Arts,[1] she began her career in independent filmmaking in South Korea. She created her first film Sisters on the Road in 2008.[2] She is best known for her film Cart (2014), which was screened at many international film festivals.[2]
Boo graduated from Korean Academy of Film Arts. After that, she was the script supervisor on Lee Jae-yong's Untold Scandal in 2003.[2]
Career
Boo made her first feature film Sisters on the Road in 2008.[2] The film examined the thought and state of womanhood in modern South Korean society.[2] She was invited to the Busan International Film Festival, International Women's Film Festival, and the Tokyo International Women's Film Festival to screen the film.[1] Later, she created an experimental omnibus documentary called Myselves: The Actress No Makeup Project (2012).[2] She has also collaborated on several omnibus film projects such as the human rights project If You Were Me 5 (2010) and the Jeonju International Film Festival's 'Short! Short! Short! in 2011.[1]
Boo is best known for her film Cart from 2014, based on a real events in South Korea.[2] It was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival.[1] Boo was interested in the issues related to women and labourers in South Korea.[3] She believes that the public should see women directors as equal to men directors, rather than categorizing women directors as "women's cinema" when they make films.[4]
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