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HYERYEOM YOON

A storyteller across film
and television.

Hyeryeom Yoon is a film and television director and screenwriter. She began directing short films in 2005 and has made works including Crayon, The Woman in the Photograph, and Familyship. She received the New Filmmaker Award at the Asiana International Short Film Festival in 2007, and her films were featured in the 2011 Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival 10th Anniversary Special Screening, For Hyeryeom Yoon.

In 2012, she won Directors 2, OGN’s short-film survival competition, and later co-directed the tvN drama Plus Nine Boys. In 2023, she directed the tvN O’PENing drama Summer, Lovemachine Blues, which received a Special Jury Award at the 57th WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival in 2024.

Her recent work includes short-form dramas such as Please Teach Me, Single’s Inferno, and Because It’s You. She has also worked across VR content, feature screenplay adaptation, game narrative development, and planning production at Studio Dragon, while teaching film and moving-image production.

2024

Special Jury Award, 57th WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival

Summer, Lovemachine Blues

2012

Winner, OGN Directors 2

Short-film Survival Competition

2011

Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival 10th Anniversary Special Screening

For Hyeryeom Yoon

2007

New Filmmaker Award, Asiana International Short Film Festival

Crayon

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2018

Brussels Short Film Festival

Korean Retrospective

2016

Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival

Programmes Screening · Familyship

2011

Ankara International Film Festival

Official Competition · Familyship

2011

Film Festival for Women’s Rights

Screening · The Woman in the Photograph

2010

Korean American Film Festival New York (KAFFNY)

Screening · Familyship

2010

Korean American Film Festival Los Angeles (KAFFLA)

Screening · Familyship

2010

Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia

Official Competition

2010

Festival International des Très Courts

Screening · Familyship

2010

Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival

Horror & Fantasy Competition · Familyship

2010

Short Short Story Film Festival (US)

Screening · Familyship

2009

Grand Prize, University Film Festival Graduate Division

The Woman in the Photograph

2009

Technical Award, Evergreen Short Film Festival

The Woman in the Photograph

2009

Seoul Christian Film Festival

Short Film Competition · Crayon

2009

Seoul International Women’s Film Festival

Screening · The Woman in the Photograph

2009

Busan Digital Contents Universiade

Screening · The Woman in the Photograph

2009

Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival

Comedy Screening · The Woman in the Photograph

2009

Grand Bell Film Festival

Short Film Competition · The Woman in the Photograph

2009

Seoul Independent Film Festival

Short Film Competition · The Woman in the Photograph

2009

Seoul International Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival

Pre-production Support · Opening Film · Familyship

2008

Special Award, Busan Digital Film Festival

Matrix Company

2008

Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival

Horror & Fantasy Screening · Matrix Company

2007

Best Cinematography, Korea University Film Festival

Matrix Company

2007

Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival

Social Drama Screening · Crayon

2007

Seoul International Family Film Festival

Screening · Crayon

2006

Encouragement Award, Independence Hall University Student Film Festival

Crayon

2006

Sandeulbaram Award, Korea International Youth Film Festival

Crayon

2006

Winner, Make a Short Film with KRW 2 Million!

Film 2.0 · Mokpo MBC · Crayon

2026

Oh, No! My Husband Is My Boss!

DramaBox Short-form Drama · Director

2025

Virgin Love Hell

Short-form Drama · Creator · Director

2025

OTT AI Animation Project

Planning Producer

2024

Please Teach Me

TopReels BL Short-form Drama · Creator · Co-writer · Director

2023

Summer, Lovemachine Blues

tvN O’PENing One-act Drama · Director

2021

Studio Dragon

Planning Producer

2020

Incheon Time Looper VR Tourism Project

Director

2019

KT Virtual YouTuber Narae Friends

Creator · Writer

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2019

LG U+ S-Signal: 365 Reasons I Don’t Want to Have Sex

VR Content · Creator · Writer · Director

2018

LG U+: Who Did I Kiss Last Night?

VR Content · Creator · Writer · Director

2017

Miss Agent

Feature Screenplay Adaptation

2017

Everything Is Fine Except Kissing

Dating Simulation Game · Creator · Writer

2016

Chinese SF Film Project

Story Planning · Development

2016

First-person Idol Dating Simulation Game

Screenwriter

2015

What Happened at the Library

Hyundai Card Web Drama · Creator · Director

2015

Bastard

Feature Adaptation of a Webtoon · Screenwriter

2014

Plus Nine Boys

tvN 14-episode Drama · Co-director

2013

YTN Special: Koreans in Hollywood

Assistant Director

2013

Saudi Arabian Cultural Center Promotional Film

Director

2012

KEB 2X CARD Commercial

Planning · Screenplay · Assistant Director

2012

Yessb · Trugen Commercials

Assistant Director

2012

OGN Directors 2

Video Survival Competition · Director · Cast

2011

Mongol Rally: Broken Compass

Documentary · Producer · Writer · Cinematographer · Cast

2011

Suncheon Promotional Film

Assistant Director

2011

Dabom Cinema Internet Film Broadcast

Host

2010

Hindsight

Feature Screenplay Adaptation

2010

SBS World Cup Campaign

Assistant Director

2009

Familyship

Short Film · Director

2009

The Woman in the Photograph

Short Film · Director

2009

Black Snow

Feature Screenplay Adaptation

2006

Crayon

Short Film · Director · Cinematographer · Editor

2021

Sungkyul University

Storytelling Workshop · Film Character Studies

2020

Sungkyul University

Free-form Moving Image · Acting for Camera · Directing Actors

2020

Manan Youth Center

VR Video Production

2019

Sungkyul University

360° VR Production · Micro-short and VR Production Techniques · One-person Media Production

2019

Anyang-Gwacheon Digital Creation Center

VR Video Production

2019

Kkumdarak Saturday Culture School

Weekend Arts Campus

Sungkyul University

Film Production Practice

Dongguk University Graduate School of Digital Image & Contents

Completed Master’s Coursework in Film and Video Production

Sungkyul University

B.A. in Theatre and Film

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