NAM Na-young, born in 1971, is a film editor. After her graduation in 1996 from Kyungsung University in film directing, NAM learned film editing under PARK Gok-ji, cutting and splicing together the negative film according to PARK’s instructions before sending it for printing. She did so for a while, contributing to the likes of <No. 3> (1997), <The Contact> (1997) and <Shiri> (1999), until she decided in 1999 it was time to make a name for herself and co-...More

NAM Na-young, born in 1971, is a film editor. After her graduation in 1996 from Kyungsung University in film directing, NAM learned film editing under PARK Gok-ji, cutting and splicing together the negative film according to PARK’s instructions before sending it for printing. She did so for a while, contributing to the likes of <No. 3> (1997), <The Contact> (1997) and <Shiri> (1999), until she decided in 1999 it was time to make a name for herself and co-founded, along with LEE Su-yeon, the first company in Korea specialized in negative cutting, Editing Room LN. It wasn’t until 2002 and the sexy comedy <Wet Dreams> (2002) that she made her debut as a film editor. She went on to become one of the most acknowledged editor in the Korean film industry, with credits in <R-Point> (2004), <A Family> (2004), <Scandal Makers> (2008), <Mother> (2009), <Masquerade> (2012) and <Miss Granny> (2013). She won Best Editing at the Grand Bell Awards for <Sunny> (2011) and at the Asian Film Awards for <I Saw The Devil> (2010), and was more recently recognized by the Korean Film Producers’ Association for her work on <The Fortress> (2017). Less