<p class="title">Budding filmmaker Sharon Choi, the star interpreter for South Korean director Bong Joon-ho and his <em>Parasite</em> team, says contrary to media reports, her directorial debut will not follow the awards season.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Like the film, Choi too became the centre of attention during award shows as she garnered a lot of praise for her quick and articulate translations for the Oscar-winning director since the genre-bending film started travelling to international film festivals and ceremonies.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After the culmination of the award season with the 2020 Oscars, <em>The Wrap</em> reporter Steve Pond claimed that Choi "wants to start making a movie about awards season".</p>.<p class="bodytext">But in an exclusive column for Variety the interpreter-director refuted the reports, saying that she is working on a "small story set in Korea" that is special to her.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"No, I am not writing a feature on the awards season. This is a deeply personal experience I've yet to process, and it will find another time to seep into my stories.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The one I am writing about is a small story set in Korea that's close to my heart because, as director Bong quoted the sincere words of Martin Scorsese, 'the personal is the most creative'," Choi wrote.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Backstage after the Oscars ceremony, Bong confirmed that Choi was working on a script.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"You already know (she's) a filmmaker. And she studied film in the university, so I'm so curious about her script. Actually, she's writing some feature-length script, I'm so curious about it," the director had said. </p>
<p class="title">Budding filmmaker Sharon Choi, the star interpreter for South Korean director Bong Joon-ho and his <em>Parasite</em> team, says contrary to media reports, her directorial debut will not follow the awards season.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Like the film, Choi too became the centre of attention during award shows as she garnered a lot of praise for her quick and articulate translations for the Oscar-winning director since the genre-bending film started travelling to international film festivals and ceremonies.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After the culmination of the award season with the 2020 Oscars, <em>The Wrap</em> reporter Steve Pond claimed that Choi "wants to start making a movie about awards season".</p>.<p class="bodytext">But in an exclusive column for Variety the interpreter-director refuted the reports, saying that she is working on a "small story set in Korea" that is special to her.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"No, I am not writing a feature on the awards season. This is a deeply personal experience I've yet to process, and it will find another time to seep into my stories.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The one I am writing about is a small story set in Korea that's close to my heart because, as director Bong quoted the sincere words of Martin Scorsese, 'the personal is the most creative'," Choi wrote.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Backstage after the Oscars ceremony, Bong confirmed that Choi was working on a script.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"You already know (she's) a filmmaker. And she studied film in the university, so I'm so curious about her script. Actually, she's writing some feature-length script, I'm so curious about it," the director had said. </p>