Song Il-gon | |
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Born | |
Alma mater | Seoul Institute of the Arts National Film School in Łódź |
Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
Years active | 1998-present |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 송일곤 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Song Il-gon |
McCune–Reischauer | Song Il-gon |
Song Il-gon (born January 1, 1971) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter known for his internationally award-winning early short films, and later feature films such as Spider Forest (2004) and Feathers in the Wind (2005). Long more popular abroad than in South Korea, Song was the first Korean filmmaker to win an award at the Cannes Film Festival.[1]