Director Kim Ji Woon 김지운
Producer, Auteur, Writer and Actor.. well, sometimes
Kim Jee Woon
Birthdate : July 6, 1964
Family : Older sister, theater actress Kim Jee Sook
Status: Still single
Background : Seoul Institute of the Art, drops out to be a theater actor/director before becoming a movie director
Film buddies: Dir. Peter Chan, Lee Byung Hun
Talent Agency: CAA (Creative Artist Agency)
Debut : 1998 The Quiet Family
Awards & Appreciation
Best Screenplay at the 1st Cine21 Scenario Public Subscription Contest
Best Screenplay at the Premiere Scenario contest in Korea in 1997
Best Director at Fantasporto Film Festival in 2004
Best Director at 41st SITGES Film Festival 2008
Maverick Award from 28th HIFF 2008
Best Director at 29th Blue Dragon Awards 2008
Arena Magazine-Audi Korea's A-Award 2008
Best Director at 11th Director's CUT Awards 2008
South Korean director Kim Jee-woon was born in Seoul in 1964. He began his career as a stage actor and then a stage director, directing the plays Hot Sea (1994) and Movie Movie (1995). Going on to screenwriting, his screenplay Wonderful Seasons won the award for Best Screenplay at the Premiere Scenario contest in Korea in 1997. In the same year, Kim's second screenplay, The Quiet Family, a dark comedy, won him the prize for Best Screenplay at the 1st Cine21 Scenario Public Subscription Contest. He made his directorial debut in 1998 with this screenplay. The Quiet Family won the Best Film Award at Portugal's Fantasporto Film Festival, and was an ofifcial selection at the Berlin IFF. Kim followed this by writing and directing The Foul King, which became the box office sensation in Korea for the year 2000. It was the #1 movie in Korea for six months, being watched by over 2 million people. The film received domestic and international acclaim, screened at numerous international film festivals, and sealed Kim's reputation as one of the leading directors in Korea. A Tale of Two Sisters, a horror film based on a traditional Korean folk tale, won the awards for Best Director and Best Film at Portugal's Fantasporto Film Festival in 2004. (source)
Links
cine21 » KOFIC » movist » daum
hancinema » empas
wikipedia » imdb
photo gallery » daum
link to videos » daum (thanks to Huangsy for the highlight)
Stage Play
1994 Hot Sea
1995 Movie Movie
Screenplay
1997 - Wonderful Seasons
1998 - The Quiet Family
2000 - The Foul King
2001 - Coming Out
2002 - Three (Memories)
2003 - A Tale of Two Sisters
2005 - A Bittersweet Life
2008 - The Good, the Bad, the Weird
2010 - I Saw The Devil
Films
1998 사랑의 힘 The Power Of Love cine21
1998 The Quiet Family » cine21 » wikipedia
2000 The Foul King » cine21 » wikipedia » soompi thread
2001 Coming Out » cine21 » wikipedia
2002 Three (Segment: Memories) » cine21 » wikipedia
2003 A Tale of Two Sisters » cine21 » wikipedia » soompi thread 
2005 A Bittersweet Life » cine21 » wikipedia » soompi thread
2008 The Good, the Bad, the Weird » cine21 » soompi thread
2010 I Saw The Devil
2011 Doomsday Book
2013 
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