He studied film at the Seoul Institute of the Arts. Upon finishing school, he directed and filmed a number of visual art work including shorts and feature-length films, feature-length documentaries and music videos. He worked on filmmaker SONG Il-Gon’s feature Flower Island as a director’s assistant, and a Jindo unit camera team member for filmmaker PARK Ki-Bok’s documentary Mudang-Reconciliation Between the Living And the Dead. He also produced a number of music videos and various visual works.