The film adaptation of Crying in H Mart has found its director: Will Sharpe
“It was a daunting task, to find someone I could trust with the retelling of such a personal story. Someone who could honor my mother’s character and respect the darkest days of grief, and still make the coming of age of a half-Korean artsy outsider in a small Pacific Northwest hippie town seem real and cool. In that spirit, I am so relieved to have found Will Sharpe and am beyond delighted that he will be the director of.
Sharpe himself tied his own experience as a child of immigrants to Zauner’s experience. When People reached out to discuss the future ofSharpe pinpointed the “descriptions of being jet-lagged in your family’s kitchen” as details that spoke to his experience “as somebody who is half-Japanese, half-British, spent my childhood in Tokyo.” He later elaborated, “I found that it felt universal in its specificity,” and it was the detailed eye in the writing that propelled him to direct the adaptation.
Beyond this, no further details have been released about the film. But considering Zauner believes she has found the perfect person for the adaptation, the progression ofLondon-based film writer Anna McKibbin loves digging into classic film stars and movie musicals. Find her on
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