Director

Kim Bora

Directing

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Directed movies: 2Directed series: 0All crew credits: 5

TMDB ID: 2166752

IMDb ID: nm3258935

Known for: Directing

Born: November 30, 1981

Age: 44

Place of birth: Seoul, South Korea

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2009 - 2021

Years active: 13

Average TMDB rating: 6.68

Wikidata: Q65115272

Also known as

김보라 • Bora Kim • Kim Bo-ra

Frequent jobs

Director (2)Screenplay (1)Screenstory (1)Script Supervisor (1)

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Biography

Kim Bo-ra (Korean: 김보라; born November 30, 1981) is a South Korean filmmaker and holds an MFA in film directing from Columbia University. Her recent short film, “The Recorder Exam” won numerous awards including the Best Student Filmmaker Award from The Directors Guild of America. The film was also a National Finalist for the 2012 Student Academy Awards. Kim’s debut feature “House of Hummingbird” received production support from the Korean Film Council, Seoul Film Commission, and Asian Cinema Fund of Busan International Film Festival. The film received post-production support from the Sundance Institute’s Feature Film Program and was selected as an IFP Narrative Lab Fellow. It premiered at the Busan International Film Festival, where it won the NETPAC award and the KNN Audience award. The film went on to collect 59 awards from prestigious festivals, including Berlinale, Tribeca, BFI London, Istanbul, Jerusalem, and a Blue Dragon award—Korea’s equivalent of an Oscar.