Writing
Shim Sung-bo
Place of birth
South Korea
Known for
Writing
Credits
5 titles
Shim Sung-bo (심성보) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter born in 1972. A graduate of the Korea National University of Arts, he gained major recognition as the co-screenwriter of Bong Joon-ho's acclaimed crime thriller Memories of Murder (2003), earning multiple awards for his screenplay. Shim made his feature directorial debut with the survival maritime thriller Sea Fog (2014), which he co-wrote alongside Bong Joon-ho. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was chosen as South Korea's official entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards.
Known for
8.1A sadistic serial rapist and murderer of young women terrorizes a small province in 1980s South Korea. To prevent further crimes, three increasingly desperate detectives with conflicting methods race against time to unravel the violent mind of the killer in a futile effort to solve the case.
Memories of Murder
2003
6.9A fishing-boat crew takes on a dangerous commission to smuggle a group of illegal immigrants from China to Korea.
Sea Fog
2014
NRNo synopsis available yet.
What the...?
2011
Film credits
Behind the camera
8.1A sadistic serial rapist and murderer of young women terrorizes a small province in 1980s South Korea. To prevent further crimes, three increasingly desperate detectives with conflicting methods race against time to unravel the violent mind of the killer in a futile effort to solve the case.
Memories of Murder
2003
6.9A fishing-boat crew takes on a dangerous commission to smuggle a group of illegal immigrants from China to Korea.
Sea Fog
2014
6.9A fishing-boat crew takes on a dangerous commission to smuggle a group of illegal immigrants from China to Korea.
Sea Fog
2014
NRNo synopsis available yet.
What the...?
2011