Park Bo-ram () is a South Korean television director best known for the crime drama series Through the Darkness. In 2022, the show won the Best Drama Series award at the 27th Asian Television Awards. The following year, it was named a finalist in the Crime Drama category at the New York Festivals TV & Film Awards.
Early life Park is a native of Daegok Village, Changseon-myeon, Namhae. She graduated from Changseon Middle School and High School and then majored in economics at Seoul National University. While studying, Park continued to pursue her interest in dramas and films through her participation in club activities. Park earnestly decided on her career path and dreamed of joining a broadcasting station. In 2013, Park applied to the SBS public recruitment test.
Career
Career beginning After passing SBS's public recruitment in 2013, Park began her career as a member of the network's drama production crew. She first served as an assistant director for the 2014 drama special .
In 2019, she worked as an assistant director for Team B on The Fiery Priest, which is part of screenwriter Park Jae-beom's "justice trilogy." She followed this by working on the first season of the drama series The Penthouse: War in Life in 2021.
Directorial debut and acclaim The crime drama series Through the Darkness marked Park's directorial debut. Adapted by Seol Yi-na from the 2018 non-fiction book of the same title, the series highlights the field experiences of co-authors , South Korea's first criminal profiler, and journalist-turned-author Ko Na-mu. It focuses on the psychological profiling of serial killers and is based on a series of random murders that occurred in South Korea during the late 1990s.
In 2022, Through the Darkness won the Best Drama Series award at the 27th Asian Television Awards. The following year, it was selected as a finalist in the Crime Drama category at the New York Festivals TV & Film Awards. The critical and commercial success of the series established Park's reputation as a director.
Subsequent Projects
On December 7, 2022, at the Yong Film Night event, it was announced that Park would co-direct an OTT streaming series tentatively titled Mangnaein alongside director Kim Jee-woon. The project is an adaptation of the crime novel Second Sister by Hong Kong author Chan Ho-kei, with Yong Film producing in collaboration with Anthology Studio and SK Global.
In January 2024, SBS announced plans to release the second season of The Fiery Priest. Park, who previously served as an assistant director for the first season, was appointed to direct the sequel. This project marked her second collaboration with screenwriter Park Jae-beom and her third with actor Kim Nam-gil. Produced by Studio S, Big Ocean ENM, Red Nine Pictures, and Gilstory ENT, The Fiery Priest 2 premiered on November 8, 2024.
Filmography
+Television series creditsYearTitleCredited as EnglishKoreanAssistant DirectorDirector 2014 2019 The Fiery Priest 2021 The Penthouse: War in Life 2022 Through the Darkness 2024 The Fiery Priest Season 2 2026
Awards and nominations + Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination Award ceremony Year Category Nominee Result Asian Television Awards2022 Best Picture Award Through the Darkness Best Drama Series Blue Dragon Series Awards2022 Best Drama New York Festivals: TV & Film Awards 2023 Entertainment Program – Crime Drama
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