9th(2007)
SUNG Ji-hae
SUNG Ji-haeSUNG Ji-hae
Born in Seoul in 1964, she majored in Anthropology at Seoul National University and received a master degree from Seoul National University in Journalism. Graduated from the Korean Academy of Film Art in 1993, and achieved a PhD at the 8th University of Paris in 2004. She has experience in film production including a directing crew member for Berlin Report (1991), a script for To the Starry Island (1993), and a directing crew member for Sunset into The Neon Lights (1995). She holds the record as the oldest female director to debut in Korea. Before the Summer Passes Away, her debut film, is acclaimed as a \'new discovery of Korean melodrama.\'