They Laughed at Me Because I Loved Pretty Woman: Parasite Producer Kwak Sin AE on Her Early Film Loves1 min read
Reading Time: < 1 minuteKwak Sin Ae is the producer of Bong Joon-ho’s Palme d’Or winner and awards contender Parasite and is CEO at Seoul-based Barunson Entertainment & Arts Corporation, better known as Barunson E&A. Originally from Busan, she worked in publishing before starting in the film industry as a journalist for magazine Kino in 1994 and then moving into film development, publicity and marketing at Generation Blue Films, LJ Film and ShinCine Communications. She joined video gaming and film production company Barunson E&A as CEO in charge of film in 2010.
“They used to laugh at me at Kino because I loved Pretty Woman. But when you’re feeling blue, films like that are what you can go back to. Working Title Films like Billy Elliot and Love Actually, films like Erin Brockovich. You could say my tastes are all over the place but I also like films made by directors where you think, “No-one else could have made that film,” that have a genuineness to them. That’s why I like directors such as Bong Joon-ho, Park Chan-wook, Choi Dong-won, Alfonso Cuarón, Ken Loach, Stanley Kubrick and others.”
Photo credits: Barunson E&A
