Career
Yoon Ga-eun graduated from the History Department of Sogang University and continued her graduate studies at the School of Film, TV & Multimedia at Korea National University of Arts.
Her first film as a director was a 19-minute short film, The Taste of Salvia, introduced in 2009. Shortly afterwards, she directed several films including Proof (2010), Guest (2011), Sprout (2013), Tabloid Truth (2014) and The World of Us (2015). [1]
Her first breakthrough film was Guest (2011), a movie perceptively capturing a phase of the growing pains that a pubescent high school girl experiences. This film won the grand prize from the 34th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in 2012. [2]
Sprout (2013) is an adventure story of a little girl who has been left alone for the first time. Yoon expressed the small change that a little girl faces through the steps of discoveries. After Yoon finished Sprout, she stated that she thought that people would strive all the time to achieve their goal, but there are things that they cannot achieve, no matter how hard they try. She dissolved the meaningful process into Sprout. [3]
Yoon is also known for finding new actresses. The Korean actress Jung Yeon-ju started her career with Guest (2011), also Kim Su-an was cast by Yoon. Kim was invited to the Festival de Cannes as the youngest actress ever. [4]
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