SHIN Min-kyung, born in 1976, has always been interested in the arts. Since she used to draw a lot as a child, her parents allowed her to go to an arts high school where she would specialize in films. She quickly turned away from film directing, as she found the task daunting, and opted for film editing. In her sophomore year, while working on the film set of <Yuri> (1996), she met LEE Gyeong-ja, a film editor who has contributed to more than 300 films, and was later ta...More

SHIN Min-kyung, born in 1976, has always been interested in the arts. Since she used to draw a lot as a child, her parents allowed her to go to an arts high school where she would specialize in films. She quickly turned away from film directing, as she found the task daunting, and opted for film editing. In her sophomore year, while working on the film set of <Yuri> (1996), she met LEE Gyeong-ja, a film editor who has contributed to more than 300 films, and was later taken as her assistant. After graduation, she had trouble making a name for herself and had to rely on music videos, commercials and trailer to make a living. She finally came back to film projects in 2002 with her pre-editing stint on <Addicted>, before she was given the opportunity by director KWON Chil-in to prove herself as an editor with his comedy <Singles> (2003). It is however her following work, CHOI Dong-hoon’s debut feature <The Big Swindle> (2004), that brought her to the attention of the public and the film industry. Later that year, she was approached by several filmmakers and notably did the editing of sports drama <Mr. Gam’s Victory> (2004) and melodrama <Dancing Princess> (2004). Over the last two decades, she was credited in a large number of titles, among which <Haeundae> (2009), <Cold Eyes> (2013) and <Coin Locker Girl> (2014). She is particularly known for her long-time collaboration with CHOI spanning all his movies, including <Tazza: The High Rollers> (2006), <Woochi> (2009), <The Thieves> (2012), and <Assassination> (2015). She won three times the Grand Bell Film award for Best Editing, for <7 Days> (2007), <The Divine Move> (2014), <The King> (2016). Less