Shin Yeon-shick

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Shin Yeon-shick
Born1976 (age 47–48)
Seoul, South Korea
Occupation(s) Film director, screenwriter
Years active2002–present
AgentWriter of Finecut
Korean name
Hangul
신연식
Revised Romanization Sin Yeon-sik
McCune–Reischauer Sin Yŏn-sik

Shin Yeon-shick (born 1976) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He directed The Fair Love (2010), The Russian Novel (2013), Rough Play (2013), Romans 8:37 (2017), and Cassiopeia (2022), [1] as well as wrote the screenplays for Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet (2016) and Cobweb (2023).

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Career

Born in Seoul in 1976, Shin Yeon-shick dropped out of his Spanish Studies major at university to pursue a career in filmmaking. He made his directorial debut in 2003 with Piano Lesson, made on a micro-budget of US$300. [2] In 2005, Shin wrote and directed the black-and-white indie A Great Actor, which had its international premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. [3]

His next film was The Fair Love (2010), a nuanced, lyrical inter-generational romance starring Ahn Sung-ki and Lee Ha-na. But despite its well-known actors and positive reviews, the film was a box office failure with mainstream audiences. [4]

Shin continued making low-budget experimental films. The Russian Novel , an ambitious arthouse drama about a depressed author (played by Kang Shin-hyo) who wakes up from a 27-year coma to find himself a literary sensation for a novel he didn't write, drew even more critical acclaim. [4] The Director's Guild of Korea named Shin as Best Director at the 17th Busan International Film Festival in 2012, and he also won Best Screenplay from the Korean Association of Film Critics Awards and the Buil Film Awards. [5]

In 2013, he directed Rough Play (titled "An Actor Is an Actor" in Korean) from a screenplay by Kim Ki-duk about the dark underbelly of the Korean film industry through a young actor's quick rise and fall, and cast K-pop star Lee Joon in the leading role. [6] Shin was determined to reshape Kim's symbolism-heavy script into a more narrative-driven, commercial film, and during post-production he rewrote and reshot 50% of the film. [4]

This was followed by The Avian Kind, in which a man goes on a road trip to search for his missing wife, and finally finds her 15 years later, only she's transformed into a bird. [7] It made its world premiere at the Jeonju International Film Festival as part of the 2014 Jeonju Digital Project, and received a theatrical release in 2015. [8] Shin then shared screenwriting credit with Kim Sung-ho for How to Steal a Dog (2014).

His upcoming project Like a French Film is an omnibus composed of four short films titled A Time to Leave, A Lady Selling Beer, A Remaining Time and Like a French Film, starring Shin Min-cheol and Kim Dasom. [9]

Filmography

Feature films

Feature films credit
YearFilmCredited asRef.
Director Writer Producer
2003Piano LessonYesNoNo
2005A Great ActorYesYesYes
2007The Villains (short film)NoYesNo actor
2010 The Fair Love YesYesYesInvestor
2013 The Russian Novel YesYesYes
Rough Play YesAdaptationNoAlso actor
2014 How to Steal a Dog NoYesNo
The Avian KindYesYesNoAlso actor
2016Like a French FilmYesYesYes
Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet NoYesYes
2017Romans 8:37YesYesYesInvestor
2022 Cassiopeia YesYesNo
Men of Plastic NoYesNo
2023 Cobweb NoYesYes
TBA One Win YesYesYes

Television series

Television drama credit
YearTitleCredited asRef.
EnglishKorean Director Writer Producer
TBA Uncle Samsik 삼식이 삼촌YesYesNo [10]

Awards

YearAwardCategoryRecipientResultRef.
2013
14th Jeonju International Film Festival Moët Rising Star The Russian Novel Won [11]
17th Busan International Film Festival DGK Award for Best DirectorWon
33rd Korean Association of Film Critics Awards Best ScreenplayWon
2014
 1st Wildflower Film Awards Best FilmNominated [12]
Best DirectorNominated [13]
23rd Buil Film Awards Best ScreenplayWon [14]
2016 3rd Wildflower Film Awards Best ScreenplayThe Avian KindWon
52nd Baeksang Arts Awards Best Screenplay (Film) Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet Nominated
16th Director's Cut Awards Best Production of the YearWon [15]
25th Buil Film Awards Best ScreenplayWon
36th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards Best ScreenplayWon
17th Busan Film Critics Awards Best ScreenplayWon
37th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best ScreenplayWon
202242nd Korean Association of Film Critics Awards International Critics League Korea Headquarters Award Cassiopeia Won [16]
2023 59th Grand Bell Awards Best Screenplay Cobweb Nominated
44th Blue Dragon Film Awards Nominated

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  2. ↑ "Shin Yeon-shick". New York Asian Film Festival . Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  3. ↑ "A Great Actor SD-2006". International Film Festival Rotterdam . Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  4. 1 2 3 Tae, Sang-joon (26 September 2013). "SHIN Yeon-shick, Director of ROUGH PLAY". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  5. ↑ Kim, June (6 October 2014). "SHIM Eun-kyung, SONG Kang-ho, HONG Sangsoo and ROARING CURRENTS Win at 23rd Buil Film Awards". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  6. ↑ Velez, Diva (19 July 2014). "NY Asian 2014: Director Shin Yeon-shick Collaborates With Kim Ki-duk And K-Pop Idol Lee Joon On ROUGH PLAY". Twitch Film . Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  7. ↑ Song, Soon-jin (13 April 2014). "Cine interview: Shin Yeon-shick, Director of Jeonju Digital Project 2014 The Avian Kind - "This time, it is about identity"". The Hankyoreh . Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  8. ↑ Conran, Pierce (23 January 2014). "Jeonju Digital Project Expands to Features". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  9. ↑ Kim, June (13 November 2014). "SHIN Yeon-shick's LIKE A FRENCH FILM Discovers New Faces". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  10. ↑ Tae, Yu-na (August 30, 2022). "[공식] 송강호, 데뷔 첫 드라마 진출…작품은 '삼식이 삼촌" [[Official] Song Kang-ho, debuting in drama for the first time... The work is 'Samsik Uncle] (in Korean). Ten Asia. Retrieved August 30, 2022– via Naver.
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