Park Nam-ok
Park Nam-ok (Korean: 박남옥; February 24, 1923 – April 8, 2017) was a Korean film director. Park was considered to be the first Korean woman to direct a domestic film in her country. She is best known for her first film, The Widow (Mimang-in), released in March 1955.[1] Park lived in the United States.[2]
Biography
[edit]As a young person, Park loved movies and was a fan of actor, Kim Shin-jae.[3] Park attended the Ewha Women's Professional School starting 1943, but dropped out before graduation to work as a reporter in Daegu.[4]
Park worked for the Chosun Film Company, starting in 1945 after Korea's liberation from Japan.[1] She was introduced into the studios by the director, Yoon Yong-kyu, who she knew through a friend.[3] Park was involved as a scripter on the 1947 film, A New Oath, directed by Shin Kyeong-gyun.[4] During the Korean War, she worked on a war film where she met her husband, Lee Bo-ra.[5]
Park shot her film, The Widow, in the winter of 1954 and with her infant child carried on her back.[1] She provided meals for her staff during the shooting of the film.[2] The script was written by her husband, and her sister helped set up a production company, called "Sister Productions" for the film.[5] The Widow, however did not attain commercial success and her directing career was over.[6]
An award, given by the Seoul International Women's Film Festival, is named after her and the first time it was given out was in 2008 to Yim Soon-rye.[7]
Park died on April 8, 2017, at the age of 94 of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles, California.[8]
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c Yecies & Shim 2016, p. 185.
- ^ a b Park, Jung-ho (21 July 2015). "With Dark Film, Korean Director Makes History". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ a b "The Widow (Mimang-in)". Korean Film Archive. Archived from the original on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ^ a b "Director Park Nam-Ok". Seen In Jeonju. 14 November 2009. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ a b "The Truth of Korean Movies". Korean Film Archive. Archived from the original on 25 May 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ Yecies & Shim 2016, p. 186.
- ^ "Int'l Women's Film Festival in Seoul Celebrates 10th Anniversary". HanCinema. 12 March 2008. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ^ Korea's First Female Director Park Nam Ok Passes Away
References
[edit]- Yecies, Brian; Shim, Aegyung (2016). The Changing Face of Korean Cinema: 1960 to 2015. Routledge. ISBN 9781315886640.
External links
[edit]- The Widow (video)
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