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Park Nam-ok (Hangul: 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]




Contents





  • 1 Biography


  • 2 References

    • 2.1 Additional sources



  • 3 External links




Biography


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]



References




  1. ^ abc Yecies and Shim 2016, p. 185.


  2. ^ ab Park, Jung-ho (21 July 2015). "With Dark Film, Korean Director Makes History". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 30 June 2016..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  3. ^ ab "The Widow (Mimang-in)". KOFA. Retrieved 29 June 2016.


  4. ^ ab "Director Park Nam-Ok". Seen In Jeonju. 14 November 2009. Retrieved 30 June 2016.


  5. ^ ab "The Truth of Korean Movies". KOFA. Retrieved 30 June 2016.


  6. ^ Yecies and Shim 2016, p. 186.


  7. ^ "Int'l Women's Film Festival in Seoul Celebrates 10th Anniversary". HanCinema. 12 March 2008. Retrieved 29 June 2016.


  8. ^ Korea’s First Female Director Park Nam Ok Passes Away




Additional sources



  • Yecies, Brian; Shim, Aegyung (2016). The Changing Face of Korean Cinema: 1960 to 2015. Routledge. ISBN 9781315886640.


External links



  • The Widow (video)






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