9 Nov 2026 · 6,605 works · 976 news indexed
Korean AI filmmaker, one of three co-directors (with Yang Ik-june and Jung Joo-won) of the fully AI-generated feature Raphael, produced by Mateo AI Studio and MBC C&I's AI Content Lab and due in Korean theatres on 25 November 2026. Reported at the time as an employee of a web-novel company, he was credited as the entrant of Mateo, the 16-minute AI short that won the grand prize at the first Korea AI International Film Festival on 25 October 2024.
Process
Mateo short
The Mateo team generated images first, fed them to video-generation software, then selected and edited the best clips; the team recorded voices and ran them through AI, on roughly 3-5 million won of tool subscriptions.
Source: news.tf.co.krRaphael consistency
Raphael took about nine months to make and the team spent 14 months editing to keep characters' looks and movement consistent, per Korea Times (team account, not attributed to him personally).
Source: koreatimes.co.kr