Hyun-Joo Kim
- Animation Department
- Director
- Writer
Animation director Hyun-Joo Kim studied painting at Hong-Ik University,
Seoul, South Korea. Here she experimented with animation techniques
learnt from a photocopied manual borrowed from an animation company
making an American TV series. She made two animated films in Korea;
'Still Unbroken' (1994) and 'Sa-I' (1996). She worked for an art
institute teaching watercolour, and then for a number of animation
studios in Seoul, before studying at the National Film and Television
School in the UK. She animated and directed 'Sap' (2002) using oil on
glass techniques to create this award winning animation.