Kang Jin-a explained

Kang Jin-a
Birth Date:	18 August 1981
Birth Place:	South Korea
Occupation:	Film director screenwriter
Module:	Child: yes Headercolor: transparent Hangul: 강진아 Hanja: ! Rr: Gang Jin-a Mr: Kang Chin-a

Kang Jin-a (born August 18, 1981) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter.

Early life

Kang graduated from Hongik University's Department of Visual Design in 2004.^[1]

Career

Kang's work mainly deals with the themes of life and death, including Suicide of the Quadruplets (2008), Be with Me (2009) and Paprika Feast (2011). Her short Be with Me (2009) won the Best Film in A Short Film About Love at the 9th Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival in 2010. Her directorial feature debut Dear Dolphin (2013), an exploration of life, love and grief, premiered at the 14th Jeonju International Film Festival and won the CGV Movie Collage Prize.^{[2] [3]} Pierce Conran of Twitch Film praised "Kang's natural ability as both a storyteller and a stylist" but described some elements of the film as derivative, while Derek Elley of Film Business Asia was more critical, stating that it "lacks the wrenching feeling it should have built towards".^{[4] [5]}

Kang's next work after Dear Dolphin, entitled That's Not True, was released in 2015 as part of KT&G Sangsangmadang's "Mag(Magazine) Movie Project: A Woman and A Man", and starred veteran actress Lee Mi-yeon as well as singer Baro.^[6]

Filmography

As director/screenwriter

• Suicide of the Quadruplets (short film, 2008) - director
• Be with Me (short film, 2009) - director, screenwriter
• 49th Day (short film, 2011) - director
• Nice Shorts! 2011 (segment: "Growing Old Together") (2011) - director, screenwriter
• Paprika Feast (구천리 마을잔치; short film, 2011) - director, screenwriter
• Dear Dolphin (2013) - director, screenwriter
• That’s Not True (그게 아니고; short film, 2015) - director

As editor

• Volcano High (2001) - location editor
• The Squadron Vignette (short film, 2003) - assistant director, script editor
  • Blind Interview (short film, 2004) - editor Camellia Project (2005) - assistant editor
• Be with Me (short film, 2009) - editor
• Nice Shorts! 2011 (segment: "Growing Old Together") (2011) - editor

Trailer

• My Teacher, Mr. Kim (2003)
• Save the Green Planet! (2003)
• A Good Lawyer's Wife (2003)
• Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield (2003)
• Ice Rain (2004)
• Au Revoir, UFO (2004)
• Spider Forest (2004)

Visual effect

• Save the Green Planet! (2003)
• Ice Rain (2004)
• Au Revoir, UFO (2004)

Art direction

• The Coast Guard (2002)

Notes and References

1. News: 강진아 감독 '어디가서 감독이라고 하면 놀라던데요'. 하수정 [Ha Su-jeong]. Director Kang Jin-a: 'Whenever I say I'm a director, people are surprised'. Newsen. 5 June 2013. 15 November 2015.
2. Web site: KANG Jin-a. Korean Film Biz Zone. 2015-11-14.
3. Web site: Conran. Pierce. In Focus: Dear Dolphin. Korean Cinema Today. 2015-11-14. 2 May 2013.
4. News: Jeonju 2013 Review: The Ethereal DEAR DOLPHIN Explores Grief and Guilt. Pierce. Conran. 7 May 2013. 11 November 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151117014303/http://twitchfilm.com/2013/05/jeonju-2013-review-ethereal-dear-dolphin-explores-grief-and-guilt.html. 17 November 2015. dead.
5. News: Reviews: Dear Dolphin. Derek. Elley. Film Business Asia. 17 December 2013. 11 November 2015.
6. News: 이미연, 강진아 감독의 단편영화 '그게 아니고'에서 바로와 호흡. 구하나 [Gu Hana]. Lee Mi-yeon and Baro in director Kang Jin-a's short film 'That's Not True'. Jung Culture. 25 February 2015. 15 November 2015.