Jeong Ga-young

Director, Writer, Actor

January 1, 1990 (36 years)
Jeong Ga-young (born 1990~) is an independent film director. When she was a teenager, she wanted to be the producer of a popular TV show about movies. That’s why she started a degree in mass communication before realizing that this job wasn’t for her. She then enrolled at the Film, TV & Multi media School of the Korea National University of Arts, but dropped out less than two years after to try writing novels. She would not persevere on that path, though, as she eventually concluded that she didn’t have enough talent for that. Instead, she started making films, all by herself. After a dozen or so of short movies, usually shot over of a day due to her impatience, she invested her own money to realize her first feature project, Bitch on the Beach. Her sophomore film, Hit the Night won the Vision-Director’s Award (given every year to two promising independent directors) at the Busan International Film Festival and was later invited to the main competition of the Rotterdam International Film Festival.

Known For

  • Nothing Serious
    Nothing Serious2021
  • Heart
    Heart2021
  • Forbidden Fairytale
    Forbidden Fairytale2025
  • Hit the Night
    Hit the Night2018
  • Love Jo. Right Now.
    Love Jo. Right Now.2017
  • Bitch on the Beach
    Bitch on the Beach2016

Filmography

2019
Heart · as Ga-Young
2018
2017
Hit the Night · as Ga-Young
2017
Cinema with You · as Woman
2016
Bichi-on-deo-bichi · as Ga-Yeong
2015
The Kiss man · as Ga-Young
2015
2014

2017
Love Jo. Right Now. · as Jeong Ga-Young

2025
Forbidden Fairytale · as Dialogue