Born in 1965, Jaime SHIM is one of the representative producers of the Korean cinematic renaissance who produced JEON Do-youn’s debut film <The Contact>, KIM Jee-woon’s <The Quiet Family>, PARK Chan-wook’s Joint <Security Area/JSA>, and KIM Ki-duk’s <The Isle> among many. She founded MK Pictures with her husband LEE Eun and has made movies that combine a high degree of artistic quality and commercial success over the past 15 years. She has also...
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Born in 1965, Jaime SHIM is one of the representative producers of the Korean cinematic renaissance who produced JEON Do-youn’s debut film <The Contact>, KIM Jee-woon’s <The Quiet Family>, PARK Chan-wook’s Joint <Security Area/JSA>, and KIM Ki-duk’s <The Isle> among many. She founded MK Pictures with her husband LEE Eun and has made movies that combine a high degree of artistic quality and commercial success over the past 15 years. She has also had success with numerous projects that mainstream commercial filmmakers saw as risky by turning them into well-made films and using her outstanding marketing skills. She discovered many new directors, such as JUNG Ji-woo of <Happy End>, YIM Soon-rye of <The Waikiki Brothers>, and PARK Chan-ok of <Jealousy is My Middle Name> and <Paju>, and made serious films with them that reflect on life. Films like <The President’s Last Bang> by IM Sang-soo challenged sensitive issues head-on and created controversies. She is credited with widening the horizon of Korea’s cinematic world with her production of <Forever the Moment>. In 2010, MK Pictures changed their name into Myung Film, which was originally founded by SHIM in 1995. Then she has another remarkable success with the feature animation movie <Leafie, a Hen Into the Wild>, which accrued more than 2.2 million ticket sales nationwide and was sold to more than 50 countries around the world. Based on a bestselling children’s book, the film tore down deep-rooted prejudices that animation movies can’t find success in the Korean film industry. In 2012, SHIM proved again her talents by digging out new subjects and filmmakers by putting out the melodrama <Architecture 101>, which attracted more than four million viewers. In recent years, she has been reaffirming her commitment to address taboos subjects in Korean society through the comedy <Venus Talk> (2013), which deals with the love life of 40-something single women, or <Cart> (2014), about women workers in a supermarket unionizing against abusive dismissal. She also gave IM Kwon-taek the opportunity of making his 102nd film, <Revivre> (2014), an intimate exploration of a man’s midlife crisis as he questions his feelings for his dying wife. She took a risky bet when she decided to co-produce <I Can Speak> (2017), a comedy that dares to talk about a specific war crime.
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