Director

Yim Soon-rye

Directing

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Directed movies: 14Directed series: 1All crew credits: 16

TMDB ID: 120643

IMDb ID: nm0948027

Known for: Directing

Born: January 1, 1960

Age: 66

Place of birth: Incheon, South Korea

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1994 - 2025

Years active: 32

Average TMDB rating: 6.89

Wikidata: Q12613871

Also known as

임순례 • Soonrye Yim • Yim Soonrye • Lim Soon-rye • Soon-rye Yim

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Director (15)Producer (1)

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Biography

Yim Soon-rye (born January 1, 1961) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. She is considered one of the few leading female auteurs of Korean New Wave cinema. Yim Soon-rye is most known for making films that focus on South Korean society. Most notably, women empowerment and women in film. Yim, who is also an animal rights activist, has worked on films that focus on human relationships with animals. Yim creates films that have personal stories and narratives that deviate from the big-budget blockbusters of the Korean film industry. (Wikipedia)