Park Heung-sik

Education

Park studied at the Free University of Berlin, where he received a master"s degree in filmology.

Career

Having garnered favourable comments for his short films at various film festivals, he made the transition to features with his 2005 debut The Twins, though it only received a lukewarm response from critics and audiences. Foreign his second feature, The Railroad, Park drew on his own experiences and set out to create a film with a story that he wanted to tell. Paolo Bertolin of The of Korea Times commented that while Park took his time in delivering the film"s subdued climax, he "nevertheless displays an assured command of visual composition and emotional punctuation".

Achievements

• Following a limited release in Korean cinemas in May 2007, The Railroad screened at the 25th Torino Film Festival where it won the FIPRESCI award as well as Best Actor for the performance of Kim Kang-woo.