The South Korean filmmaker studied directing at Columbia University in New York. Her short film The Recorder Exam won numerous prizes including a Student Film Award from the Directors Guild of America. Her debut feature film, Beol-sae (House of Hummingbird), received production support from the Korean Film Council, the Seoul Film Commission and the Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Cinema Fund, as well as post-production support from the Sundance Institute’s Feature Film Program and IFP. It premiered at Busan where it won the NETPAC Award and the KNN Audience Award. After Busan, House of Hummingbird got 24th awards from prestigious festivals like Berlinale, Tribeca, Seattle and Istanbul Festival