Park Kun-young was born in Daejeon in 1984. He studied Korean language and literature at Kyung Hee University before pursuing further studies at the Graduate School of Cinematic Content at Dankook University. He began directing films in 2008 and is currently based in Gangwon-do and Seoul, where he works in film and other fields. He directed the feature films To My River (2018) and A Distant Place (2020).
