Park Heung-sik (born 1965)

Park Heung-sik (Korean: 박흥식; born 1965) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter.

Not to be confused with Park Heung-sik (born 1962), another South Korean film director.
In this Korean name, the family name is Park.
Park Heung-sik
BornNovember 1965 (age 57)
Seoul, South Korea[1][2]
Alma materYonsei University
Korean Academy of Film Arts
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Korean name
Hangul
Revised RomanizationBak Heung-sik
McCune–ReischauerPak Hǔngsik

Career

Park Heung-sik studied Astronomy and Atmospheric Sciences at Yonsei University. After graduating in the 8th class of the prestigious Korean Academy of Film Arts, Park first trained as an assistant director under Park Kwang-su and Hur Jin-ho. As seen in his feature directorial debut I Wish I Had a Wife (2001), Park focuses on capturing the delicate flow of emotions that reveal themselves in the ordinary routines of the day. His second film, My Mother, the Mermaid (2004) was an acting showcase for Jeon Do-yeon in dual roles, making more apparent Park's talent in drawing natural acting from his actors and capturing it within the lyrical frame of his film.[3][4] His third film Bravo, My Life! (2005) was a family drama set against the political upheaval of the late 1970s/early 1980s.[5]

In 2008 Park took on the challenge of directing a 16-episode TV drama adapted from a chick lit novel.[6] My Sweet Seoul depicted the lives of thirty-something modern-day career women.[7][8]

Park was among the four directors who worked on Sorry, Thanks, a 2011 omnibus film dealing with the profound relationships people establish with their pets. His short My Little Sister is about a six-year-old girl's separation from her dog, which she treats as an imaginary sibling. When the girl's mother gets pregnant with her second child, the family decides to put the dog up for adoption, a frequent occurrence in Korea.[9][10]

His 2012 film Children of Heaven is set at a middle school where a temporary teacher is called on to take care of troubled students. Funded by the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education for raising awareness of the issues teenagers often face, such as school violence, the film avoids being a typical message movie by the sympathetic treatment of its characters.[11][12][13]

Filmography

References
  1. Daum: 박흥식
  2. 씨네폭스: 박흥식
  3. "PARK Heung-sik". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2012-12-23.
  4. "Boomerang Interview (2): '인어공주'의 박흥식, 슬픈 언어의 주술". Naver (in Korean). 29 August 2007. Retrieved 2012-12-23.
  5. Koh, Mi-seok (3 November 2005). "I Love You, Malsoon Brings 7080 Generation to Life". The Dong-a Ilbo. Retrieved 2012-12-23.
  6. Garcia, Cathy Rose A.; Han, Sang-hee (27 May 2008). "Korean Chick Lit Books Turned Into Dramas". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2012-12-23.
  7. Chun, Su-jin (2 July 2008). "TV review: A Sweet Seoul 30-somethings can relate to". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 2012-12-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  8. Chung, Ah-young (20 October 2009). "Musical Adaptation of My Sweet Seoul to Hit Stage". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2012-12-23.
  9. Lee, Hyo-won (19 May 2011). "Omnibus film on pets is poignant, profound". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2012-12-23.
  10. Sung, So-young (20 May 2011). "Film festival zeroes in on environmental issues". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 2012-12-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. "NOW Playing: Children of Heaven (12)". Korea JoongAng Daily. 25 May 2012. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 2012-12-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  12. "Children of Heaven". Jecheon International Music & Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2013-04-15. Retrieved 2012-12-23.
  13. "This Person: Boy, for the boys". Cine21 via Hancinema. 27 September 2011. Retrieved 2012-12-23.
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