---
name: "Shim Sung-bo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/shim-sung-bo"
fi1m_id: "shim-sung-bo"
imdb_id: "nm1646563"
tmdb_id: 69384
wikidata_id: "Q21091613"
roles: ["Script supervisor"]
born: "1 January 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-18T08:23:06.933027+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."
---

# Shim Sung-bo

## Identity

Shim Sung-bo

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/shim-sung-bo
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** shim-sung-bo
- **IMDb ID:** nm1646563
- **TMDB ID:** 69384
- **Wikidata ID:** Q21091613
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shim_Sung-bo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21091613, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1646563/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69384

Script supervisor. Born 1 January 1972 in South Korea.

## Details

- **Work:** Script supervisor
- **Born:** 1 January 1972, South Korea
- **Also known as:** Shim Seong-bo, 심성보, Sim Seong-bo, Shim Seongbo
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shim_Sung-bo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21091613, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1646563/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69384

## Biography

Shim Sung-bo (also credited as Shim Seong-bo or 심성보) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He graduated from the Korea National University of Arts.

He first gained recognition as co-writer, with Bong Joon-ho, of the crime thriller *Memories of Murder* (2003). The film received Best Screenplay awards at the Chunsa Film Art Awards and the Korean Film Awards. Shim also worked as assistant director, script editor and actor on the production.

His feature directorial debut was the maritime thriller *Sea Fog* (2014, also known as *Haemoo*), which he co-wrote with Bong Joon-ho. The film premiered at the Busan International Film Festival and was selected as South Korea's entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It earned him the Best New Director award from the Busan Film Critics Awards.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, koreanfilm.or.kr.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Memories of Murder* (2003), Fi1m 91, as Photojournalist — [page](https://film.one/film/memories-of-murder.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Sea Fog* (2014), Director, Writer
- *What the...?* (2011), Director
- *Memories of Murder* (2003), as Photojournalist · Script Supervisor, Writer — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/memories-of-murder.md)

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