--- name: "Celine Song" canonical: "https://film.one/person/celine-song" fi1m_id: "celine-song" imdb_id: "nm10227660" tmdb_id: 2518227 wikidata_id: "Q116286260" roles: ["Director","Writer","Producer"] born: "19 September 1988" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 74 average_as: "director" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-17T16:21:13.054001+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Celine Song ## Identity Celine Song - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/celine-song - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** celine-song - **IMDb ID:** nm10227660 - **TMDB ID:** 2518227 - **Wikidata ID:** Q116286260 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celine_Song, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116286260, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10227660/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2518227 Director and writer. Born 19 September 1988 in South Korea. ## Details - **Work:** Director, Writer, Producer - **Born:** 19 September 1988, South Korea - **Active:** 2023–present - **Also known as:** Song Ha-Young, 송하영 - **Frequently works with:** [Christine Vachon](https://film.one/person/christine-vachon.md), [David Hinojosa](https://film.one/person/david-hinojosa.md), [Pamela Koffler](https://film.one/person/pamela-koffler.md) - **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination - **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as director, over 2 titles - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celine_Song, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116286260, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10227660/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2518227 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Materialists*](https://film.one/film/materialists.md) (63) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Celine Song (born Song Ha-Young; Korean: 송하영) is a Canadian director, playwright and screenwriter. Born in South Korea on 19 September 1988, she moved with her family to Markham, Ontario, at the age of 12. She received an MFA in playwriting from Columbia University in 2014. Song’s plays include *Endlings*, which premiered in 2019 at the American Repertory Theater and had its New York run cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic, and *The Seagull on The Sims 4* (2020). She worked as a staff writer on the first season of the Amazon series *The Wheel of Time* (2021). Her feature directorial debut, *Past Lives* (2023), which she also wrote, received critical acclaim and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay. Her second film, *Materialists* (2025), which she wrote and directed, was released in June 2025. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, hollywoodreporter.com, variety.com, latimes.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Materialists* (2025), Fi1m 63, Writer, Producer, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/materialists.md) - *Past Lives* (2023), Fi1m 85, Director, Writer, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/past-lives.md) ## Complete filmography (4) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Materialists* (2025), Director, Producer, Writer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/materialists.md) - *Past Lives* (2023), Executive Producer, Director, Writer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/past-lives.md) - *The Wheel of Time* (2021), series, Writer, Staff Writer - *Untitled My Best Friend's Wedding Sequel*, Screenplay ## Gallery - ![Celine Song](https://film.one/media/person/508/gallery-a9540bc4900e.jpg) Celine Song — Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Celine_Song%2C_Berlinale_2023.jpg/1280px-Celine_Song%2C_Berlinale_2023.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Celine Song and Kim Yutani at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival Awards](https://film.one/media/person/508/gallery-ce1a3bf6e2b8.jpg) Celine Song and Kim Yutani at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival Awards — Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Celine_Song_and_Kim_Yutani_at_the_2025_Sundance_Film_Festival.jpg/1280px-Celine_Song_and_Kim_Yutani_at_the_2025_Sundance_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Celine Song at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival Awards where she served as member of the U.S. Dramatic Competition jury for the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.](https://film.one/media/person/508/gallery-00eb05597d20.jpg) Celine Song at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival Awards where she served as member of the U.S. Dramatic Competition jury for the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. — Jennifer 8. Lee, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Celine_Song_at_2026_Sundance_Film_Festival_Awards_03.jpg/1280px-Celine_Song_at_2026_Sundance_Film_Festival_Awards_03.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Celine Song at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival Awards where she served as member of the U.S. Dramatic Competition jury for the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.](https://film.one/media/person/508/gallery-1f84fcf42c53.jpg) Celine Song at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival Awards where she served as member of the U.S. Dramatic Competition jury for the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. — Jennifer 8. Lee, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Celine_Song_at_2026_Sundance_Film_Festival_Awards_04.jpg/1280px-Celine_Song_at_2026_Sundance_Film_Festival_Awards_04.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Celine Song](https://film.one/media/person/508/gallery-5fa9022a8917.jpg) Celine Song — Image via TMDB - ![Celine Song](https://film.one/media/person/508/gallery-5ca335f94aef.jpg) Celine Song — Image via TMDB - ![Celine Song at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival Awards where she served as member of the U.S. Dramatic Competition jury for the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.](https://film.one/media/person/508/gallery-d819653f7358.jpg) Celine Song at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival Awards where she served as member of the U.S. Dramatic Competition jury for the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. — Jennifer 8. Lee, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Celine_Song_at_2026_Sundance_Film_Festival_Awards_05.jpg/1280px-Celine_Song_at_2026_Sundance_Film_Festival_Awards_05.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated - 2024: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Past Lives* ### Other awards — 3 won - Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – First-Time Feature Film 2025: Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – First-Time Feature Film (won), for *Past Lives* - Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – First-Time Feature Film 2024: Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – First-Time Feature Film (won), for *Past Lives* - Crystal Award 2023: Crystal Award (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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