Kim Moon Saeng is South Korea’s premier animation director.
Kim Moon-saeng started his career as a television commercial director within the early childhood nutrition industry in Korea. He was known for his distinctive visuals and creative ideas, which intrigued domestic and international clients within this industry.
Kim focused on using new and creative visual expression through many different types of animation. He used techniques such as stop motion, rotoscoping, claymation, miniature and cell-in-one before CG was even introduced.
His first feature animation, “Wonderful Days, a.k.a Sky Blue,” was made with three different animation techniques in one scene: miniature setting, CG VFX, and 2D animation characters. This process became what is known as the “multi-layered animated feature”. It was a very challenging task to achieve in order to express the beautiful, symbolic and poetic scenes that reflect the very sensitive and emotional journey of the characters in “Wonderful Days.”
After “Wonderful Days”, he directed a stereoscopic 3D CGI animation called “Tree Robo” which was exhibited in the Korean Pavilion during the 2005 Iichi Nagoya EXPO in Japan. With its theme of “The Wisdom of Nature”, the visuals and storytelling impressed visitors at the EXPO, making the Korean Pavilion one of the most popular exhibits at the expo.
He is now facing the new challenge of creating a world of ants based on bestselling international French writer Bernard Werber’s novel “Empire of the Ants.” The director is creating this “ant world” in a very different point of view from his other animations. It is more realistic, yet fantastic and mysterious—allowing viewers to experience an otherworldly version of Earth.
