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Im Sang-soo was born on 27 April, 1962 in Seoul, South Korea, is a South Korean film director. Discover Im Sang-soo's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 61 years old?

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Occupation Film director, screenwriter
Age 61 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 27 April 1962
Birthday 27 April
Birthplace Seoul, South Korea
Nationality South Korea

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1962

Im Sang-soo (born April 27, 1962) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter.

1989

He studied sociology at Yonsei University in Seoul before making a move to the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA) in 1989.

He began working in film that same year, landing his first job as Park Jeong-won's assistant director on Kuro Arirang (was coincidentally also the first film of actor Choi Min-sik).

1994

Following graduation from KAFA, Im worked as an assistant director under Kim Young-bin on Kim's War (1994).

1995

In 1995 Im wrote the screenplay for The Eternal Empire, and also the screenplay A Noteworthy Film, which won him the Creation Prix at the Korean Motion Picture Promotion Scenario Competition.

1998

In 1998 Im landed his first directorial gig.

Girls' Night Out, a drama about three women in Korea, caused a controversy upon release due to the frank and sexually driven dialogue and has received mixed, almost polarized, reviews.

Tears, a hard drama about the lives of four runaway teenagers in Seoul, came next.

Im spent five months in the Garibong-dong district of Seoul amongst homeless runaway teens before writing the script for the film.

2000

This film was shot in 2000 on miniDV to save the budget.

To achieve greater realism, Im opted to use non-actors.

2003

2003's Good Lawyer's Wife was Im's first film to reach #1 at the South Korean box office, thanks in large part to the suggestive poster and trailer campaign centered on star Moon So-ri (who was cast after Kim Hye-soo dropped out to pursue a TV career).

This film was also screened in the main competition program at the 2003 Venice International Film Festival.

2005

Next in Im's string of controversial films was 2005's President's Last Bang, about the night President Park Chung Hee was assassinated by his KCIA Director.

The controversy started before it was released to the public (a press screening had already been held), with President Park's family suing MK Pictures over the film's content.

A Korean court ordered the removal of 3 minutes and 50 seconds' worth of documentary footage from the film as it was thought the documentary footage might confuse the public into thinking the film was based on hard facts, which Im admits is not the case.

In 2005 a South Korean court ordered the removal of 3 minutes and 50 seconds of the film before it could be shown to the public.

The offending scenes were made up of documentary footage, part of which showed President Park's funeral.

The film has been released in South Korea and America on DVD in 2005.

Both discs contain a plain black screen where the footage was removed.

There has been no release date set for a DVD containing the cut footage.

However, the British and French releases contain the fully uncut version.

A Noteworthy Film

Tears

A Good Lawyer's Wife

The President's Last Bang

The Old Garden

2006

The Old Garden, Im's fifth film, was released theatrically in fall 2006.

It debuted at the 2006 San Sebastián Film Festival.

In August 2006 this ruling was overturned, with the court confirming the "right of free expression concerning the depiction of public historical figures".

The court has also ordered MK Pictures, the production company that had financed the film, to pay President Park's family 100 million won (roughly US$105,000).

2010

He has twice been invited to compete for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, with The Housemaid in 2010 and The Taste of Money in 2012.

Im was born in Seoul.

His 2010 film, The Housemaid, competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.

2012

In 2012 The Taste of Money competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.

Actress Youn Yuh-jung, a constant collaborator, has noted that "many actors shy away from working with him because he is provocative and daring, but that is how he views the world".

All of Im's films have been controversial, but his film The President's Last Bang, centered on the assassination of Park Chung Hee, has been the most controversial due to its negative portrayal of the Korean president.