Name
Kim Jee-woon
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1964-07-06 (62 years old)
Place of Birth
Seoul, South Korea
Biography
Kim Jee-woon (Korean: 김지운; born July 6, 1964) is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was a theater actor and director before debuting with his self-written and directed film, The Quiet Family in 1998. Kim has worked with increasing levels of success in cinema, showing accomplished acting and a detailed stylization in his films. He is currently one of the most recognized screenwriters/directors in the Korean film industry.
His films A Tale of Two Sisters (2003) and A Bittersweet Life (2005) were both critical and commercial successes. He is also known for the films The Foul King (2000), The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008) and I Saw the Devil (2010).
Known For
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Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. Soo-hyeon, a top-secret agent...
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Two sisters return home after a stay in a mental institution, only to face disturbing even...
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Ray Owens is sheriff of the quiet US border town of Sommerton Junction after leaving the L...
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Kim Sun-woo is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculative crime boss...
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Anna returns home after spending time in a psychiatric facility following her mother's tra...
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Set in the late 1920s, The Age of Shadows follows the cat-and-mouse game that unfolds betw...
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A young woman asks her brother to videotape her confession. The brother thinks this is all...
- 2019 Bolero: A Global Hit as Self
- 2005 A Tale of Two Sisters: 'Making Of' as Self
- 2007 Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young as Self
- 2013 Behind the Camera as Self
- 2012 Ari Ari the Korean Cinema as Self
- 2017 In the Mood for Melville as Self
- 2019 Boléro, le refrain du monde as Self (as Jee-woon Kim)
- 2005 A Bittersweet Life as Lee Byung-hun's Hand Stand-In (uncredited)
- 2021 Next Entertainment, Visionary ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2019 Modern Korea ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
