Asian Female Directors

South Korean cinema has, for a while now, enjoyed a significant international profile — its generally accepted renaissance of the past 25 years sparked by a wave of filmmakers who have pushed boundaries and often blended genres in intriguing new ways. In 2004, Park Chan-wook’s dark, moody mystery Oldboy, with its brutal action set pieces and shocking twist, went on to become a worldwide critical sensation, and solid commercial performer.

A few years ago, Rolling Stone magazine claimed that we were experiencing a rise of modern female horror filmmakers, arguing that a new wave of "female-directed horror films have helped elevate the genre by opening the door to stories that unsettle audiences in new and different ways. " This does not mean that the irruption of women behind the cameras (or in the script) is something exclusive to the present times and to Western horror filmmakers.