Jee-woon Kim

Jee-woon Kim

director, writer, producer

Jee-woon Kim was born on Jul 06, 1964 in South Korea. Jee-woon Kim's big-screen debut came with The Quiet Family directed by Jee-woon Kim in 1998. Jee-woon Kim is known for The Age of Shadows directed by Jee-woon Kim, Lee Byung-hun stars as Jung Chae-San and Song Kang-ho as Lee Jung-Chool. Jee-woon Kim has got 34 awards and 24 nominations so far. The most recent award Jee-woon Kim achieved is Baek Sang Art Awards. The upcoming new movie Jee-woon Kim plays is Illang: The Wolf Brigade which will be released on Oct 19, 2018.

Kim Ji-woon was born in Seoul, South Korea. He began his career as an actor before becoming a stage director with productions such as "Hot Sea" in 1994 and "Movie, Movie" in 1995. He then began scripting for films, his first work, 97's "Wonderful Seasons" won Best Screenplay award at Korea's Premier Scenario contest, whilst his follow up La famille tranquille (1998) became not only his directorial debut, but also the source material for Takashi Miike's remake La mélodie du malheur (2001) in 2001.With an official selection at the Berlin International Film Festival and Best Film award at the Fantasport Film Festival for "A Quiet Family", his next film, 2000's Banchikwang (2000), was an instant domestic hit, maintaining the #1 spot for over 6 months, with over 2 million admissions, it was also a worldwide festival crowd-pleaser. The short Coming Out (2000) and his contribution to 3 histoires de l'au-delà (2002) (alongside segments from Peter Ho-Sun Chan and Nonzee Nimibutr) followed and then he made the 2003 horror 2 soeurs (2003).He is a fan of film-noir and claims that many of his films contain elements of noir, often mixed with black comedy. His movie A Bittersweet Life (2005) his full on film-noir gangster thriller masterwork.

  • Birthday

    Jul 06, 1964
  • Place of Birth

    Seoul, South Korea

Known For

Awards

34 wins & 24 nominations

Baek Sang Art Awards
2017
Best Director
Winner - Baek Sang Film
Austin Fantastic Fest
2016
Action Features
Winner - Best Picture
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