Shin Su-won (born 1967) is a South Korean

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and

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. Shin wrote and directed ''Passerby #3'' (2010), '' Pluto'' (2013) and ''

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'' (2015). Her short film ''Circle Line'' won the Canal+ Prize for Best Short Film at the

2012 Cannes Film Festival The 65th Cannes Film Festival was held from 16 to 27 May 2012. Italian film director Nanni Moretti was the President of the Jury for the main competition and British actor Tim Roth was the President of the Jury for the Un Certain Regard section. ...

Early life

Shin Su-won studied

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education at

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, and after graduating, she worked as a middle school teacher in Seoul for 10 years, mostly teaching social studies subjects such as geography, world history and political economy. During this time, she also wrote two books focused on teens. Then in 2010, she enrolled at Korea National University of Arts initially because she wanted to become a novelist. But Shin fell in love with the cinema and filmmaking, and changed her major to screenwriting. At the age of 34, she decided to quit her teaching job and become a film director.

Career

Using from her own

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, Shin had begun working on her feature directorial debut since 2007. The self-produced

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''Passerby #3'', released in 2010, was derived from her own experiences as a thirty-something woman trying break into the industry and become a filmmaker. ''Passerby #3'' won the JJ-Star Award at the 11th Jeonju International Film Festival and the Best Asian-Middle Eastern Film award at the 23rd Tokyo International Film Festival. Her next project was the short film ''Circle Line'', which tells the story of a middle-aged man killing time on a Seoul subway train as he tries to keep from his family the fact that he was recently laid off. ''Circle Line'' was invited to participate in the 65th Cannes Film Festival and won the Canal+ Prize for best short film. It screened in theaters as part of the four-film

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''Modern Family''. '' Pluto'', Shin's sophomore feature, was a 2012

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that explores the competitive nature of the Korean education system. It premiered at the

17th Busan International Film Festival The 17th Busan International Film Festival was held from October 4 to October 13, 2012 at the Busan Cinema Center and was hosted by Ahn Sung-ki and Chinese actress Tang Wei, who is the first foreign celebrity to host the event. In this year's fes ...

, and Shin received a special mention at the Generation 14plus Section of the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival. In 2015, her third feature ''

'', about a nurse's aide trying to secure an organ donation, was invited to screen in the Un Certain Regard section of the 68th Cannes Film Festival.

Filmography

*''Sweeter Than Candy'' ( short film, 2002) - director,

*''Shave'' ( short film, 2003) - director, screenwriter,

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*''Home Sweet Home'' ( short film, 2004) - co-screenwriter *''Passerby #3'' (2010) - director, screenwriter,

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*''Circle Line'' ( short film, 2012) - director, screenwriter *'' Pluto'' (2013) - director, screenwriter *''

'' (2015) - director, screenwriter *''

Glass Garden ''Glass Garden'' (Korean: 유리정원) is a 2017 South Korean mystery film, mystery drama film directed by Shin Su-won. The film stars Moon Geun-young, Kim Tae-hoon (actor), Kim Tae-hoon, Seo Tae-hwa, Lim Jung-woon and Park Ji-soo (actress), Park ...

'' (2017) - director, screenwriter

Awards

*2010 11th Women in Film Korea Awards: Best Female Director/Screenwriter of the Year (''Passerby #3'') *2012 65th Cannes Film Festival: Canal+ Prize for Best Short Film (''Circle Line'') *2013 63rd Berlin International Film Festival: Special Mention from Youth Jury Generation 14plus ('' Pluto'') *2016 3rd Wildflower Film Awards: Best Director (Narrative Films) (''

'')

References

External links

Shin Su-won
at Korean Film Biz Zone * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shin, Su-won South Korean film directors South Korean women film directors South Korean screenwriters 1967 births Living people