Director Taeyoung Kim was born in 1982. He currently works as a director, actor and voice actor at KBS (Korean Broadcasting System). His first short film "bye, Circle" (2020) was invited to the USA Film Festival 2020, the Boston Film Festival 2020, the Montecatini International Short Film Festival 2020, the Festival du Film Coréen à Paris, the Evergreen Multiculture International Short Film Festival and Cheongju International Short Film Festival 2020. He received the Excellence Award at the Ansan Dan-won International Cultural Art & Film Festival 2020.