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My Take
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.
Overview
Celine Song (born Song Ha-Young; Korean: 송하영; born 19 September 1988) is a Canadian director, playwright, and screenwriter based in New York City. Among her plays are Endlings and The Seagull on The Sims 4 (both 2020). Her directorial film debut, Past Lives (2023), received critical acclaim and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Celine Song
- Name (Japanese)
- セリーヌ・ソン
- Reading
- せりーぬ・そん
- Born
- September 19, 1988 (age 37)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Dragon
- Origin
- South Korea, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- playwright / screenwriter / film director / theatre director / film screenwriter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Columbia University
Awards & achievements
- 2023 Crystal Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Playwright — see all → · Screenwriter — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.