Born in Seoul, Korea, Yeon Sangho graduated from Sangmyung University with a degree in Western Painting and set up his production house Studio Dadashow in 2004. His short animations, The Hell (Two Kinds of Life) (2006) and Love Is Protein (2008), were invited and awarded at various international film festivals. He directed the animated opening trailer for Busan International Film Festival in 2010. His first feature-length animation The King of Pigs was the winner of triple awards – DGK Award, Movie Collage Award, and Netpac Award – at Busan International Film Festival and was invited to Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes 2012.