
Yim Pil-sung
Directing
Biography
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.
Notable Works
Prominent titles featuring Yim Pil-sung
Filmography
Acting (4)
2023
Rewind, Pause, Then, Playas Self
2013
Playboy Bongas Director Yim Pil-Sung
5.1
2013
Behind the Cameraas Self
5.5
2006
The Hostas Fat Guevara
7.0
Production & Directing (23)
2025
Dark NunsOriginal Story
6.2
2023
Dear JinriExecutive Producer
8.2
2020
CatacombDirector
2020
Departure, SunDirector
2017
The NestDirector
5.0
2017
The NestWriter
5.0
2015
Three Summer NightsOriginal Story
4.7
2014
Scarlet InnocenceDirector
6.1
2014
Scarlet InnocenceAdaptation
6.1
2012
Doomsday BookDirector
6.2
2012
Doomsday BookScreenplay
6.2
2012
A Brave New WorldDirector
2012
Happy BirthdayDirector
2012
Happy BirthdayWriter
2012
A Brave New WorldWriter
2007
Hansel & GretelDirector
6.7
2007
Hansel & GretelScreenplay
6.7
2006
Sunday SeoulWriter
4.0
2005
Antarctic JournalDirector
6.0
2005
Antarctic JournalWriter
6.0
2000
BabyDirector
1998
BrushingDirector
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The Tomb of FogDirector







