Kim Ki-duk
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Kim Ki-duk | |
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Hangul: |
김기덕
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Hanja: |
金基德
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Revised Romanization: | Gim Gi-deok |
McCune-Reischauer: | Kim Ki-dŏk |
Kim Ki-duk is a Korean film director noted for his idiosyncratic "arthouse" cinematic works. His films have received many distinctions in the festival circuit.
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[edit] Biography
Kim Ki-duk was born on December 20, 1960 in Bonghwa (Kyongsang province), South Korea. He studied fine arts in Paris 1990-1992.
In 2004, he received Best Director awards at two different film festivals, for two different films: at the Berlin International Film Festival for Samaritan Girl, and at the Venice Film Festival for 3-Iron.
Kim Ki-duk has the same name as another filmmaker who directed over 50 features in the 1960s and 1970s, including such classics as Five Marines (1961), Barefooted Youth (1964), South and North (1965), and Grand Evil Master Yonggary (1967). They are not related.
[edit] Filmography
- Ag-o (1996)
- Crocodile
- Yasaeng dongmul bohoguyeog (1996)
- Wild Animals
- Paran daemun (1998)
- The Birdcage Inn / Blue Gate
- Shilje sanghwang (2000)
- Real Fiction
- Seom (2000)
- The Isle
- Suchwiin bulmyeong (2001)
- Address Unknown
- Nabbeun namja (2001)
- Bad Guy
- Hae anseon (2002)
- The Coast Guard
- Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom (2003)
- Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring
- Samaria (2004)
- Samaritan Girl
- Bin-jip (2004)
- 3-Iron / Empty Homes
- Hwal (2005)
- The Bow
- Shi gan (2006)
- Time
- Breath (2007)
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Kim Ki-duk at the Internet Movie Database
- Kim Ki-Duk: the past, the persistent problems and the near future About Kim Ki-Duk's 2006 controversial declarations