Born in Busan, South Korea, in 1983, Kwon Man-ki studied cinema at Sangmyung University before studying at Chung-Ang University’s Graduate School of Advanced Imaging Science. The director then majored in film directing at the Korean Academy of Film Arts. Of his many shorts, his KAFA-made film Telepata (2015) won the top prize at the Daegu Independent Short Film Festival, ‘First Prize’ at the Seoul Independent Film Festival, and the Jury Award at the Brussels International Short Film Festival. Clean Up was made as part fulfilment of his Korean Academy of Film Arts course for feature film production. It is his feature debut. Filmography: The Parcel (short), 2006; Jai-hee’s Eiffel Tower (short), 2007; Volleyball Lesson (short), 2011; Telepata (short), 2015; Clean Up, 2018