An iPhone film.

MacWorld.

For a filmmaker, that's an event as foreign as some machinery trade show in Moscow. So the fact I am being invited to show my films and speak about the experience of shooting them with an iPhone is pretty is still surreal to me.

http://www.macworldiworld.com/ifan/film/

Right now, I'm preparing a short film that will premiere at MacWorld 2012. The event is less than 3 weeks away and I have yet to shoot it. This is crazy. I don't even have all the money to shoot it. Why am I going through all this hustle to make it happen?

Maybe it's the exhilarating nature of filmmaking I miss a lot. Or the idea of showing a new film in front of a live audience. But also the idea of experiencing the whole different industry excites me.

These days, Apple, Google, or Facebook is a more exciting name than Paramount or Universal. Though I'd probably never work in the tech world, the infinite possibility of what the new technology can offer us is something I care about and am deeply interested in. And my first experience with MacWorld, in my opinion, is a little bridge to that world. Plus, I'm always up for new adventure.

The short will be called 992. It's a comedy about a man whose search for the New Balance sneakers takes him some unexpected places. Some very good actors are interested in doing this film. A young but very talented cinematographer is also onboard, which I am very thrilled about (His name is Kim Hyunseok and he shot Lee Changdong's Poetry (An LA Film Critics Winner this year) and A Brand New Life). And some dear friends are helping me out to make this impossible task possible.

More than anything else, I'm very blessed that I will get the opportunity to tell a story. A story, I hope, a lot of people will enjoy. More than anything else, I am thrilled to be able to pay homage to a certain individual who's no longer with us but whose passion and philosophy have deeply affected us. That's something priceless.

My Favorite Movies of 2011

Okay. I'm not a critic. Not a film blogger. Or I do not see every movie out there. I'm just a filmmaker who loves movies. 


I don't necessarily believe in "best movies" but it's a fun exercise to put together some of the favorite movies I saw this year. As you can see, it's very US-centric. Was it a strong year for American movies or do I just prefer them?


Since I travel a lot and am based in Seoul most of the time, I based this list on the films I saw this year some of which were released in the States last year. Like I said, it's for fun. Let me know what you think.


My Ten Favorite Movies of 2011 (In Alphabetical Order)


Blue Valentine (Derek Cianfrance, 2010 USA)

Bridesmaids (Paul Feig, 2011 USA)

Contagion (Steven Soderbergh, 2011 USA)

Drive (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2011 USA)

The Fighter (David O. Russell, 2010 USA)

The Ides of March (George Clooney, 2011 USA)

Melancholia (Lars von Trier, 2011 Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany)

Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen, 2011 Spain, USA)

The Skin I Live In (Pedro Almodovoar, 2011 Spain)

Waiting For 'Superman' (Davis Guggenheim, 2010 USA)

My Favorite Movies of 2011 If I Make Them Twenty (In Alphabetical Order)

Another Year (Mike Leigh, 2010 UK)

The Adventures of Tintin (Steven Spielberg, 2011 USA, New Zealand)

Arirang (Kim Ki-duk, 2011, Korea)

Beginners (Mike Mills, 2010 USA)

The Day He Arrives (Hong Sang-soo, 2011 Korea)

I Wish (Hirokazu Koreeda, 2011 Japan)

In a Better World (Susanne Bier, 2010 Denmark, Sweden)

Like Crazy (Drake Doremus, 2011 USA)

Moneyball (Bennett Miller, 2011 USA)

Source Code (Duncan Jones, 2011 USA, France)

Korea's 1st iPhone 4 music video 한국 최초 아이폰4 뮤비 "가로수길"

I just directed and shot this music video with... guess what? an iPhone. Had no idea how it would turn out but it was a great experience for me. :)