Portrait of Kim So-yong

Directing

Kim So-yong

Career

Active from 2007 to 2025, busiest in 2017 with 5 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score71/100
Highest rated
Poster for American Crime
American Crime
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 24 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Kim So-yong Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.5, average 4.8
  • Physical Comedy
    1.2, average 2.4
  • Warfare
    0.1, average 1.2
  • Historical
    1.5, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 4
  • Character-Driven Narrative 4
  • Psychological Thriller 3
  • Atmospheric Tension 3
  • Melancholic Tone 2
  • Emotional Journey 2
  • Sisterhood 2
  • Intergenerational Trauma 2
  • Slow-Burn Dread 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

16
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Ana Cosmic Archivist
Ana Cosmic Archivist

Director

2020s

1 title
I'll Be Your Mirror
I'll Be Your Mirror (2024)

Producer

2010s

9 titles · average score 57
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing (2019)

Director

Lovesong
Lovesong (2017)
GoodWatch score 69

Writer, Director

The Making of a Superhero Musical
The Making of a Superhero Musical (2015)

Thanks

Spark and Light
Spark and Light (2014)

Writer, Director

For Ellen
For Ellen (2012)
GoodWatch score 60

Producer, Editor

Jack & Diane
Jack & Diane (2012)
GoodWatch score 35

Editor, Producer

3.11 A Sense of Home Films
3.11 A Sense of Home Films (2011)

Director

Cinematic Correspondences: Fernando Eimbcke - So Yong Kim
Cinematic Correspondences: Fernando Eimbcke - So Yong Kim (2011)

Director

The Exploding Girl
The Exploding Girl (2010)
GoodWatch score 65

Producer, Assistant Director

2000s

5 titles · average score 64
Treeless Mountain
Treeless Mountain (2009)
GoodWatch score 66

Writer, Producer

Chinatown Film Project
Chinatown Film Project (2009)

Director

In Between Days
In Between Days (2007)
GoodWatch score 63

Director, Writer

Salt
Salt (2003)

Producer

Hitch
Hitch (2000)

Score Engineer