Celine Song

Canadian director and writer (born 1988)

Celine Song

Celine Song at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival

Born|

Song Ha-Young

(1988-09-19) September 19, 1988 (age 36)

South Korea

Citizenship| Canada
Education|

* Queen's University (BA)
* Columbia University (MFA)

Occupations|

* Filmmaker
* playwright

Years active| 2017-present
Spouse|

Justin Kuritzkes

(m. 2016)​

Korean name
Hangul|

송하영

RR| Song Hayeong
MR| Song Hayŏng

Celine Song (born Song Ha-Young; Korean: 송하영;[1] born September 19, 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. Her second film, Materialists, was released in theaters on June 13, 2025.

## Early life and education

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Song was born in South Korea.[2] Her parents, both artists, moved the family to Markham, Ontario, Canada when she was 12.[2][3] Her father, Song Neung-han,[4] is a filmmaker.[5] Her mother is an illustrator and graphic designer.[6] She has hinted that her Western name is a reference to Jacques Rivette's 1974 film Céline and Julie Go Boating.[7]

Song wrote her first play, an adaptation of Prometheus, at a classics conference she attended (the Ontario Student Classics Conference) with the Markham District Classics Club.[8]

Song received her undergraduate degree from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, where she studied psychology with a minor in philosophy. She received her MFA in playwriting from Columbia University in 2014.[9][10][8]

## Career

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### 2019–2020: Off-Broadway works

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Song's play Endlings premiered in 2019 at the American Repertory Theater. The show's off-Broadway run opened in March 2020 at New York Theatre Workshop, but was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] The show tells the story of three older Korean women haenyeos and a Korean-Canadian writer living in New York.[11][2] In a mixed review, Alexandra Schwartz of The New Yorker called Endlings "two works spliced roughly together: a traditional play that seeks to depict people’s lives, and a metafictional examination of the playwright’s own motivations, which flirts with honesty before traipsing down a solipsistic path of no return."[12] The play was chosen for the 2018 O'Neill Playwrights Conference and was a finalist for the 2020 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.[13]

In November 2020, Song directed a live production of Chekhov's The Seagull using The Sims 4 on Twitch for New York Theatre Workshop, called The Seagull on The Sims 4.[14][2] In a review for Vulture, Helen Shaw praised the play: "I think Song’s game-play/play-game managed the trick by capturing the experience not of going to a show but of working on one. At her urging, viewers brought the quality of attention that comes with collaboration, and that felt like a churning motor under everything, trying to propel the show into being."[15]

Song's other plays include Tom and Eliza, which was named a semifinalist for the American Playwriting Foundation's 2016 Relentless Award, Family, and The Feast.[16][13] According to her biography on The Playwright's Realm, "she has been awarded residences, fellowships, and commissions from MTC/Sloan, Sundance, the Millay Colony for the Arts, the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, and the Edward F. Albee Foundation."[13]

### 2021–present: Breakthrough with Past Lives

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Song at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival

Song wrote the screenplay for Past Lives, her directorial film debut, about two childhood friends who reunite as adults (portrayed by Greta Lee and Teo Yoo).[17] The film is partly inspired by Song's life, specifically a dinner she had with her English-speaking husband and a Korean-speaking friend visiting New York.[8] She said that "at one point, I realized that I wasn't just translating between their languages and cultures, but also translating between these two parts of myself as well."[8] The film was produced by A24 and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2023.[18]

Past Lives received critical acclaim and has been compared to the work of Richard Linklater, Woody Allen, and Noah Baumbach.[19][20] The Guardian's Benjamin Lee wrote that "as writer, Song manages to keep her dialogue believably light-footed and spare while as director, she confidently and evocatively captures both cities with a breadth that belies her inexperience".[21] Richard Lawson of Vanity Fair called the film "understated and yet vast in its consideration of the slow changes of life, of the past ever whispering to the present. The film is as auspicious a debut as one can hope to see at Sundance, the announcement of a filmmaker confident in her craft and generous with her heart."[18] The film received many accolades, including nominations for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay at the 96th Academy Awards.[22] Song was the first Asian woman to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and the first Asian woman director to be nominated in both the Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay categories.[23][24]

Song's first television screenwriting job was as a staff writer for the first season of Amazon's The Wheel of Time in 2021.[25] In April 2024, the music video for pop artist Laufey's song "Goddess" was released, directed by Song.[26] Her next film project with A24, Materialists, starring Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal, and Chris Evans,[27][28][29] was released in theaters on June 13, 2025.[30]

## Personal life

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Song resides in New York City with her husband, writer Justin Kuritzkes, whom she met at an artist residency hosted by the Edward F. Albee Foundation.[31][32][8] Song has said he is always the first person to read her scripts.[33]

## Filmography

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Television

Year  | Title  | Note  | Ref.

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2021  | The Wheel of Time | Staff writer; Wrote episode "Blood Calls Blood"  | [2]

Film

Year  | Title  | Director  | Writer  | Producer  | Ref.

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2023  | Past Lives | Yes  | Yes  | Executive  | [18]
2025  | Materialists | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | [27]

## Playwright

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Year  | Title  | Notes  | Ref.

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2020 | Endlings | NYTW; February–March, 2020 | [34]
The Seagull on The Sims 4 | NYTW; October 27–28, 2020 | [35]

## Accolades

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Association  | Year  | Category  | Work  | Result  | Ref.

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Alliance of Women Film Journalists | 2023  | Best Director  | Past Lives | Nominated  | [36]
Best Original Screenplay  | Nominated
Best Woman Director  | Nominated
Best Woman Screenwriter  | Won
Asia Pacific Screen Awards | 2023 | Best Director | Won  |
Berlin International Film Festival | 2023 | Golden Bear | Nominated  |
Boston Society of Film Critics | 2023  | Best New Filmmaker  | Won  |
British Independent Film Awards | 2023 | Best International Independent Film | Nominated  |
Chicago Film Critics Association | 2023  | Best Original Screenplay | Nominated  |
Milos Stehlik Award for Breakthrough Filmmaker  | Won
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | 2023  | Best Director | 5th place  | [37]
Dublin Film Critics' Circle | 2023  | Best Director  | Won  |
Florida Film Critics Circle | 2023  | Best Director | Nominated  |
Best First Film  | Won
Best Original Screenplay | Won
Pauline Kael Breakout Award  | Runner-up
Gotham Awards | 2023 | Best Feature | Won  | [38]
Breakthrough Director | Nominated
Los Angeles Film Critics Association | 2023 | New Generation Award  | Won  |
National Board of Review | 2023 | Best Directorial Debut | Won  |
New York Film Critics Online | 2023  | Best Debut Director  | Won  |
San Diego Film Critics Society | 2023  | Best First Feature  | Runner-up  |
Best Original Screenplay | Nominated
St. Louis Film Critics Association | 2023  | Best Director | Nominated  | [39]
Best Original Screenplay | Nominated
Sydney Film Festival | 2023 | Best Film  | Nominated  |
Toronto Film Critics Association | 2023 | Best Original Screenplay | Nominated  |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | 2023  | Best Director | Nominated  |
Best Original Screenplay | Won
Academy Awards | 2024 | Best Original Screenplay | Nominated  |
Astra Film Awards | 2024  | Best Director  | Nominated  | [40]
Best First Feature  | Won
Best Original Screenplay  | Nominated
Austin Film Critics Association | 2024  | Best Director | Nominated  | [41]
[42]
Best First Film  | Won
Best Original Screenplay | Won
The Robert R. "Bobby" McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award  | Nominated
British Academy Film Awards | 2024 | Best Original Screenplay | Nominated  |
Best Film Not in the English Language | Nominated
Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2024 | Best Original Screenplay | Nominated  | [43]
Directors Guild of America Awards | 2024  | Outstanding Directing – First-Time Feature Film | Won  |
Independent Spirit Awards | 2024 | Best Director | Won  | [44]
Best Screenplay | Nominated
Georgia Film Critics Association | 2024  | Best Director  | Nominated  | [45]
Best Original Screenplay  | Runner-up
Breakthrough Award  | Nominated
Golden Globe Awards | 2024 | Best Motion Picture - Drama | Nominated  | [46]
Best Director | Nominated
Best Screenplay | Nominated
International Cinephile Society | 2024  | Best Debut Film  | Nominated  |
London Film Critics' Circle | 2024 | Screenwriter of the Year | Nominated  | [47]
National Society of Film Critics | 2024  | Best Picture | Won  |
Online Film Critics Society | 2024  | Best Director | Nominated  |
Best Original Screenplay | Nominated
Best Feature Debut  | Won
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle | 2024  | Best Director | Nominated  | [48]
Best Original Screenplay | Nominated
Satellite Awards | 2024 | Best Original Screenplay | Nominated  | [49]
Seattle Film Critics Society | 2024  | Best Director | Nominated  | [50]
Best Screenplay  | Nominated
Sundance Film Festival | 2024 | Vanguard Award  | —  | Won  | [51]
Writers Guild of America Awards | 2024  | Best Original Screenplay | Past Lives | Nominated  | [52]
Blue Dragon Film Awards | 2024 | Best New Director | Nominated  | [53]
Best Screenplay | Nominated

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Awards for Celine Song

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Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Screenplay

* Noah Baumbach (2005)
* Guillermo del Toro (2006)
* Diablo Cody (2007)
* Charlie Kaufman (2008)
* Quentin Tarantino (2009)
* Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, and John McLaughlin (2010)
* Woody Allen (2011)
* Rian Johnson (2012)
* Spike Jonze (2013)
* Dan Gilroy (2014)
* Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, and Josh Cooley (2015)
* Barry Jenkins (2016)
* Jordan Peele (2017)
* Boots Riley (2018)
* Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won (2019)
* Lee Isaac Chung (2020)
* Vanessa Block and Michael Sarnoski (2021)
* Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (2022)
* Celine Song (2023)
* Sean Baker (2024)

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Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – First-Time Feature Film

* Alex Garland (2015)
* Garth Davis (2016)
* Jordan Peele (2017)
* Bo Burnham (2018)
* Alma Har'el (2019)
* Darius Marder (2020)
* Maggie Gyllenhaal (2021)
* Charlotte Wells (2022)
* Celine Song (2023)
* RaMell Ross (2024)

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Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay

Screenplay
(1996–2009)|

* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (1996)
* Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland (1997)
* Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard (1998)
* Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (1999)
* David Mamet (2000)
* Christopher Nolan (2001)
* Charlie and Donald Kaufman (2002)
* Sofia Coppola (2003)
* Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004)
* Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana (2005)
* William Monahan (2006)
* Diablo Cody (2007)
* Simon Beaufoy (2008)
* Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (2009)

Original Screenplay
(2010–present)|

* Christopher Nolan (2010)
* Michel Hazanavicius (2011)
* Rian Johnson (2012)
* Spike Jonze (2013)
* Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness (2014)
* Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (2015)
* Efthymis Filippou and Yorgos Lanthimos (2016)
* Jordan Peele (2017)
* Boots Riley (2018)
* Ronald Bronstein and Benny and Josh Safdie (2019)
* Lee Isaac Chung (2020)
* Wes Anderson (2021)
* Park Chan-wook and Jeong Seo-Gyeong (2022)
* Celine Song (2023)
* Jane Schoenbrun (2024)

Adapted Screenplay
(2010–present)|

* Aaron Sorkin (2010)
* Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash (2011)
* Chris Terrio (2012)
* John Ridley (2013)
* Gillian Flynn (2014)
* Adam McKay and Charles Randolph (2015)
* Whit Stillman (2016)
* James Ivory (2017)
* Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty (2018)
* Greta Gerwig (2019)
* Charlie Kaufman (2020)
* Jane Campion (2021)
* Sarah Polley (2022)
* Tony McNamara (2023)
* Justin Kuritzkes (2024)

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Independent Spirit Award for Best Director

1980s|

* Joel Coen / Martin Scorsese (1985)
* Oliver Stone (1986)
* John Huston (1987)
* Ramon Menendez (1988)
* Steven Soderbergh (1989)

1990s|

* Charles Burnett (1990)
* Martha Coolidge (1991)
* Carl Franklin (1992)
* Robert Altman (1993)
* Quentin Tarantino (1994)
* Mike Figgis (1995)
* Joel Coen (1996)
* Robert Duvall (1997)
* Wes Anderson (1998)
* Alexander Payne (1999)

2000s|

* Ang Lee (2000)
* Christopher Nolan (2001)
* Todd Haynes (2002)
* Sofia Coppola (2003)
* Alexander Payne (2004)
* Ang Lee (2005)
* Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (2006)
* Julian Schnabel (2007)
* Tom McCarthy (2008)
* Lee Daniels (2009)

2010s|

* Darren Aronofsky (2010)
* Michel Hazanavicius (2011)
* David O. Russell (2012)
* Steve McQueen (2013)
* Richard Linklater (2014)
* Tom McCarthy (2015)
* Barry Jenkins (2016)
* Jordan Peele (2017)
* Barry Jenkins (2018)
* Safdie brothers (2019)

2020s|

* Chloé Zhao (2020)
* Maggie Gyllenhaal (2021)
* Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (2022)
* Celine Song (2023)
* Sean Baker (2024)

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* e

National Board of Review Award for Best Directorial Debut

* Kasi Lemmons (1997)
* No award (1998)
* Kimberly Peirce (1999)
* No award (2000)
* John Cameron Mitchell (2001)
* Rob Marshall (2002)
* Vadim Perelman (2003)
* Zach Braff (2004)
* Julian Fellowes (2005)
* Jason Reitman (2006)
* Ben Affleck (2007)
* Courtney Hunt (2008)
* Duncan Jones / Oren Moverman / Marc Webb (2009)
* Tim Hetherington & Sebastian Junger (2010)
* J. C. Chandor (2011)
* Benh Zeitlin (2012)
* Ryan Coogler (2013)
* Gillian Robespierre (2014)
* Jonas Carpignano (2015)
* Trey Edward Shults (2016)
* Jordan Peele (2017)
* Bo Burnham (2018)
* Melina Matsoukas (2019)
* Channing Godfrey Peoples (2020)
* Michael Sarnoski (2021)
* Charlotte Wells (2022)
* Celine Song (2023)
* India Donaldson (2024)

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New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best First Film

* Neil LaBute (1997)
* Richard Kwietniowski (1998)
* Spike Jonze (1999)
* David Gordon Green (2000)
* Todd Field (2001)
* Dylan Kidd (2002)
* Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini (2003)
* Joshua Marston (2004)
* Bennett Miller (2005)
* Ryan Fleck (2006)
* Sarah Polley (2007)
* Courtney Hunt (2008)
* Steve McQueen (2009)
* David Michôd (2010)
* J. C. Chandor (2011)
* David France (2012)
* Ryan Coogler (2013)
* Jennifer Kent (2014)
* László Nemes (2015)
* Kelly Fremon Craig / Trey Edward Shults (2016)
* Jordan Peele (2017)
* Bo Burnham (2018)
* Mati Diop (2019)
* Radha Blank (2020)
* Maggie Gyllenhaal (2021)
* Charlotte Wells (2022)
* Celine Song (2023)
* Annie Baker (2024)

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San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Award for Best Original Screenplay

* Rian Johnson (2006)
* Tamara Jenkins (2007)
* Dustin Lance Black (2008)
* Quentin Tarantino (2009)
* David Seidler (2010)
* J. C. Chandor (2011)
* Mark Boal (2012)
* Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell (2013)
* Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. and Armando Bo (2014)
* Michael Alan Lerner and Oren Moverman (2015)
* Barry Jenkins / Kenneth Lonergan (2016)
* Jordan Peele (2017)
* Paul Schrader (2018)
* Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won (2019)
* Lee Isaac Chung (2020)
* Mike Mills (2021)
* Todd Field (2022)
* Celine Song (2023)
* Sean Baker (2024)

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Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Screenplay

* Nia Vardalos (2002)
* Sofia Coppola (2003)
* Charlie Kaufman (2004)
* Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco (2005)
* Michael Arndt (2006)
* Diablo Cody (2007)
* Jenny Lumet (2008)
* Quentin Tarantino (2009)
* Christopher Nolan (2010)
* Will Reiser (2011)
* Rian Johnson (2012)
* Spike Jonze (2013)
* Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. and Armando Bo (2014)
* Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley and Ronnie del Carmen (2015)
* Damien Chazelle (2016)
* Jordan Peele (2017)
* Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara (2018)
* Noah Baumbach (2019)
* Emerald Fennell (2020)
* Kenneth Branagh (2021)
* Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (2022)
* Celine Song (2023)
* Jesse Eisenberg (2024)

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