Kim Ki-duk
- In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.
Kim Ki-duk (Hangul: 김기덕 Korean pronunciation: [kimɡidʌk]; December 20, 1960 – December 11, 2020) was a South Korean movie director and screenwriter. His movies have received many awards in the festival awards, making him one of the most important contemporary Asian movie directors.[1]
| Kim Ki-duk | |
|---|---|
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 김기덕 |
| Hanja | 金基德 |
| Revised Romanization | <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Gim Gideok |
| McCune–Reischauer | <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Kim Kidŏk |
Career
He won the Golden Lion at 69th Venice International Film Festival for Pietà, Silver Lion for Best Director at 61st Venice International Film Festival for 3-Iron, Silver Bear for Best Director at the 54th Berlin International Film Festival for Samaria and Un Certain Regard prize at 2011 Cannes Film Festival for Arirang.
His best known movie was Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003). Two of his movies were official submissions for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film as South Korean entries.
Kim wrote scripts to many of his former assistant directors including Juhn Jai-hong (Beautiful and Poongsan) and Jang Hoon (Rough Cut).
Death
On December 11, 2020, Kim died in Riga, Latvia from problems caused by COVID-19, just nine days before his 60th birthday.[2][3]
International awards
- Silver Bear (Best Director) for Samaritan Girl, Berlin International Film Festival (2004)
- Silver Lion (Best Director) for 3-Iron, Venice Film Festival (2004)
- Un Certain Regard Prize for Arirang, Cannes Film Festival (2011)
- "Award for Future Movies", Küstendorf Film and Music Festival (2012)[4]
- Golden Lion for Pietà, Venice Film Festival (2012)
- The Venice Days Best Film Award, Venice Film Festival (2014)
Kim Ki-duk Media
Lee Jung-jin, Kim Ki-duk and Jo Min-su in the 2012 Venice Film Festival
References
- ↑ "Profile of Kim Ki-deok" (in 한국어). Cine21, The Hankyoreh. Retrieved 2007-11-24.
- ↑ "현지 언론 "김기덕 감독, 라트비아서 코로나19로 사망"". news.jtbc.joins.com (in 한국어). 2020-12-11. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
- ↑ "Korean filmmaker Kim Ki-duk dies from Covid-19 complications in Latvia" (in en). lrt.lt. 11 December 2020. https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1296253/korean-filmmaker-kim-ki-duk-dies-from-covid-19-complications-in-latvia. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ↑ СВЕЧАНО ОТВАРАЊЕ КУСТЕНДОРФА 2012 (in Serbian)
Other websites
- Kim Ki-duk on IMDb
- Kim Ki-Duk: the past, the persistent problems and the near future Archived 2012-06-27 at the Wayback Machine About Kim Ki-Duk's 2006 controversial declarations
- Review of Kim Ki-duk's Time Archived 2012-04-28 at the Wayback Machine
- Working Biography