Park Ki Yong, born in 1961 in South Korea, started his film career after graduating from the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA) in 1987. He served as a producer for Park Kwang-su’s To the Starry Island (93) and Tony Rayns’ documentary Jang Sun-woo Variations (00). His films as a writer and director, Motel Cactus (97) and Camels(s) (01), have won numerous awards.
While leading KAFA from 2001 to 2009, he started the “feature film & animation production program” which helped turn the institution into a world class film school. He has also initiated the Asian Film Academy (AFA), and co-founded the Cinema Digital Seoul (CinDi) Film Festival.
(Source: HKIFF)