Evolving Your Voice with Writer/Director So Yong Kim (LOVESONG)
About this Video
Writer/director So Yong Kim has repeatedly infused her personal experiences into her films. She explains how she uses her vulnerabilities and fears to not only craft a script and create compelling characters, but also to collaborate with her cinematographer to extract images from her imagination.
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So Yong Kim
Writer/Director
So Yong Kim is an award-winning Korean American filmmaker. Kim received the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival for her debut feature, IN BETWEEN DAYS. Her critically acclaimed second feature TREELESS MOUNTAIN, filmed in Kim's hometown in South Korea, follows the intimate story of two young girls who are abandoned by their mother and must find their own resilience to continue. Kim's third feature, FOR ELLEN, starring Paul Dano and Jon Heder, is often cited as Dano's best work. It premiered at Sundance and was theatrically released by Tribeca Films in 2012. In 2014, Kim released SPRK AND LIGHTS, a short film starring Riley Keough and commissioned by fashion house Miu Miu as part of their ongoing series Women’s Tales. Kim premiered her fourth feature LOVESONG at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival starring Jena Malone and Riley Keough.