Kim Jee-woon
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Kim Jee-woon at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival .
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| Korean spelling | |
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| Hangeul | 김지운 |
| Hanja | 金 知 雲 |
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Revised Romanization |
Gim Ji-un |
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McCune- Reischauer |
Kim Chiun |
Kim Jee-woon (born July 6, 1964 ) is a South Korean director and screenwriter .
Career
Kim Jee-woon was born on July 6, 1964 in Seoul . He initially worked in the theater, first as an actor, then as a director. In 1998 he made his first film with The Quiet Family . This is characterized by an effective mixture of morbid horror paired with absurd comedy. Kim's next film, The Foul King , is about a bank clerk who begins a wrestling career. His films A Tale of Two Sisters , Bittersweet Life and The Good, the Bad, the Weird were very successful commercially and received very good reviews. In early 2013, his first in the published United States produced feature film The Last Stand with Arnold Schwarzenegger in the lead role. In 2016 he released The Age of Shadows , a psychologically intense recording of the colonial era.
In 2018 he was awarded the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres .
Filmography
- 1998: The Quiet Family ( 조용한 가족 ; Joyonghan Gajok )
- 2000: The Foul King ( 반칙왕 ; Banchikwang )
- 2000: Coming Out ( 커밍 아웃 )
- 2002: Three… Nightmares , Episode 1: "Memories"
- 2003: A Tale of Two Sisters
- 2005: Bittersweet Life ( 달콤한 인생 ; Dalkomhan Insaeng )
- 2008: The Good, the Bad, the Weird ( 좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈 ; Joheun nom nabbeun nom isanghan nom )
- 2010: I Saw the Devil ( 악마 를 보았다 Angmareul boatda )
- 2012: Doomsday Book
- 2013: The Last Stand
- 2016: The Age of Shadows ( 밀정 Miljeong )
- 2018: Illang: The Wolf Brigade ( 인랑 )
Web links
- Kim Jee-woon in the Internet Movie Database
- Interview with Kim Jee-woon: Part 1 , Part 2 , 10asia.co.kr, October 22, 2010.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Daniel Martin: A Tale of Two Sisters (2003). Sadness and Suffering in South Korean Horror . In: Sangjoon Lee (Ed.): Rediscovering Korean Cinema . University of Michigan Press, Michigan 2019, ISBN 978-0-472-05429-9 , pp. 396 f ., doi : 10.3998 / mpub.10027126 .
- ↑ Review "A TALE OF TWO SISTERS" DVD , March 31, 2005, Pop Matters.
- ^ Review "A Bittersweet Life" DVD , April 15, 2006, thedigitalfix.com.
- ↑ Sonia Kil: Director Kim Jee-woon Honored by French Government. In: Variety . October 6, 2018, accessed October 12, 2019 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kim, Jee-woon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 김지운 (Korean, Hangeul); 金 知 雲 (Korean, Hanja); Gim, Ji-un (Revised Romanization); Kim, Chiun (McCune-Reischauer); Kim, Ji-woon (alternative transcription) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South Korean film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 6, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Seoul , South Korea |