Yoon Ga-eun

Yoon Ga-eun (born February 15, 1982) is a South Korean film director and script writer. Her films explore the stories of young children and youth.

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).

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.

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.

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.

Accolades
Source:


 * 2016 Berlin International Film Festival - Generation (The World of Us)
 * 2016 TIFF Kids International Film Festival - TIFF KIDS (The World of Us)
 * 2016 Udine Far East Film Festival - Competition Section - SOUTH KOREA (The World of Us)
 * 2016 Toronto Korean Film Festival - Opening Night Feature Presentation (The World of Us)
 * 2016 Busan International Film Festival - Korean Cinema Today-Panorama (The World of Us)

Jury member

 * 2022 — Jury member, Sonje Award at 27th Busan International Film Festival.

Ambassadorship

 * Unobstructed Film Ambassadors (2023)