Boo Ji-young

She is best known for her film Cart (2014), which was screened at many international film festivals.

• Name — Boo Ji-young • Born — September 16, 1971 • Birthplace — South Korea • Occupation — Director and scriptwriter • Years Active — 2003–present

Boo graduated from Korean Academy of Film Arts. After that, she was the script supervisor on Lee Jae-yong's Untold Scandal in 2003.

Boo made her first feature film Sisters on the Road in 2008. The film examined the thought and state of womanhood in modern South Korean society. She was invited to the Busan International Film Festival, International Women's Film Festival, and the Tokyo International Women's Film Festival to screen the film. Later, she created an experimental omnibus documentary called Myselves: The Actress No Makeup Project (2012). She has also collaborated on several omnibus film projects such as the human rights project If You Were Me 5 (2010) and the Jeonju International Film Festival's Short! Short! Short! in 2011. Boo is best known for her film Cart from 2014, based on a real events in South Korea. It was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival. Boo was interested in the issues related to women and labourers in South Korea. She believes that the public should see women directors as equal to men directors, rather than categorizing women directors as "women's cinema" when they make films.

• Cart 2014 (Director and Scriptwriter) • Myselves: The Actress No Makeup Project 2012 (Director and Editor） • A Time to Love 2011 (Director) • Moonwalk 2011 (Director and Scriptwriter) • Sisters On The Road 2009 (Director and Scriptwriter) • Untold Scandal 2003(Scriptwriter)