Celine Song

Celine Song is a name I started paying close attention to after Past Lives. Born Song Ha-Young in South Korea in 1988 and based in New York, she came up as a playwright, and you can feel that theatrical patience in how her film breathes. That her directorial debut landed Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay is remarkable for a first feature, and it tells me she arrived with a fully formed voice rather than a beginner's luck. I'm also charmed that her plays include staging The Seagull inside The Sims 4, which signals a writer unafraid to be playful about form. A career I genuinely want to follow.

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Name (English)

Celine Song

Name (Japanese)

セリーヌ・ソン

Reading

せりーぬ・そん

Born

September 19, 1988 (age 38)

Origin

South Korea

Occupation

playwright / screenwriter / film director / theatre director / film screenwriter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Dragon

University

Columbia University

Awards & achievements

• 2023 Crystal Award

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/helloellephanta/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celine%20Song
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8C%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116286260

Tags

• playwright
• screenwriter
• film director

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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