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Yim Pil-sung

Yim Pil-sung

Director·b. 1972·Seoul, South Korea

6 horror credits

Yim Pil-sung (born May 13, 1972) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He wrote and directed Antarctic Journal (2005), Hansel and Gretel (2007), and Scarlet Innocence (2014).

Yim Pil-sung began directing short films in 1997, with Souvenir as his first. Brushing (1998), about an overweight teenage boy who is left home alone with his senile grandfather, was invited to the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. Baby (1999) screened at the Venice Film Festival and Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Mobile (starring Park Hae-il, Yoon Jin-seo, and Yoon Je-moon) was included in the 2003 omnibus Show Me.

Director4 films

The Nest

The Nest

Director

2017
A Brave New World

A Brave New World

Director

2012
Hansel & Gretel

Hansel & Gretel

Director

2007
Antarctic Journal

Antarctic Journal

Director

2005

Writer5 films

Dark Nuns

Dark Nuns

Original Story

2025
The Nest

The Nest

Writer

2017
A Brave New World

A Brave New World

Writer

2012
Hansel & Gretel

Hansel & Gretel

Screenplay

2007
Antarctic Journal

Antarctic Journal

Writer

2005

Actor1 film

The Host

The Host

Fat Guevara

2006 4.5