Yim Soon-rye

Birthday: 1/1/1960
Place of birth: Incheon, South Korea
Fame for: Directing
Also known as: 임순례, Soonrye Yim , Yim Soonrye, Lim Soon-rye, Soon-rye Yim

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)