Jeong Gayoung born 1990 is an independent film director When she was a teenager she wanted to be the producer of a popular TV show about movies Thats why she started a degree in mass communication before realizing that this job wasnt for her She then enrolled at the Film TV Multi media School of the Korea National University of Arts but dropped out less than two years after to try writing novels She would not persevere on that path though as she eventually concluded that she didnt have enough talent for that Instead she started making films all by herself After a dozen or so of short movies usually shot over of a day due to her impatience she invested her own money to realize her first feature project Bitch on the Beach Her sophomore film Hit the Night won the VisionDirectors Award given every year to two promising independent directors at the Busan International Film Festival and was later invited to the main competition of the Rotterdam International Film Festival