Kim Tae-yong

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For a director the same name, see Kim Tae-yong (director, born 1987).

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This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.
Kim Tae-yong
File:Kim Tae-Yong.jpg
Born (1969-12-09) December 9, 1969 (age 54)
Seoul, South Korea
Education Yonsei University - Politics and Diplomacy
Korean Academy of Film Arts - Filmmaking
Occupation Film director, screenwriter
Years active 1998-present
Spouse(s) Tang Wei (m. 2014)
Korean name
Hangul 김태용
Revised Romanization Gim Tae-yong
McCune–Reischauer Kim T'aeyong

Kim Tae-yong (born December 9, 1969) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. After his feature directorial debut Memento Mori (1999), he helmed the critically acclaimed Family Ties (2006), and the English-language remake Late Autumn (2010).

Career

Although he initially wanted to pursue writing, Kim Tae-yong eventually graduated from Yonsei University in 1994 with a major in Politics and Diplomacy. He first became involved in Korean cinema through a friend, who was an assistant director of an independent production. Inspired by the vibrant atmosphere that came with working on a set, Kim then enrolled at the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA) in 1996. He met and became friends with fellow director Min Kyu-dong while at KAFA, where he and his classmates would work on short films as a part of the crew and doing lighting. In 1999, Kim and Min received the offer to direct Memento Mori as a sequel to the horror film Whispering Corridors (1998), and so began Kim’s foray into commercial cinema.

In some ways, Memento Mori might be considered the most influential Korean horror film of the 2000s. Although it was not a box-office hit, the film is frequently cited by young filmmakers and cinema fans as a modern-day classic. At the time of its release and in the intervening years, most critics tended to focus their attention on the other of Memento Mori's co-directors, Min Kyu-dong, however the release of Family Ties in spring 2006 established Kim as a highly regarded filmmaker in his own right. His intimate portrayal of a totally unconventional but non-dysfunctional family garnered multiple domestic and international awards.[1][2]

Kim's third feature film Late Autumn was a remake of Lee Man-hee's 1966 classic Manchu set in Seattle.[3][4][5] It was also critically acclaimed and became the highest-grossing Korean film in China.[6]

Kim then joined the restoration project and re-directed Crossroads of Youth (1934) by "performing" Korea’s oldest known silent film with live narration (by the byeonsa) and musical accompaniment.[7][8]

Apart from his feature films, Kim has been active in a variety of creative endeavors, from hosting a cinema-themed TV show on EBS to directing plays, shooting documentaries and making cameo appearances (both times as a film director) in the films All for Love (2005) by Min Kyu-dong and Family Matters (2006) by Nam Seon-ho.

Personal life

Kim married Chinese actress Tang Wei on July 12, 2014, in the front yard of the home of film legend Ingmar Bergman on the remote Swedish island of Fårö.[9][10][11][12] A formal wedding ceremony was later held in Hong Kong, with only immediate family members as guests.[13][14][15] The couple first met in 2009 when he directed her in the film Late Autumn, and began dating in October 2013 after Tang shot a commercial in Korea.[16][17][18][19] This is the second marriage for Kim; he and his first wife divorced in 2011.[20]

Filmography

Director

Screenplay

Actor

  • Family Matters (2006) cameo
  • All for Love (2005) cameo
  • Camellia Project: Three Queer Stories at Bogil Island (2005) cameo

Producer

  • 155 Mile (2007)
  • Under Construction (2006)

Cinematographer

Editor

Assistant director

  • Jury (2013)

Music

Crew member

Television

  • Cinema Paradiso (EBS, 1994) host

Theater

  • 매혹 "Fascination" (2004) director

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2000 Baeksang Arts Awards Best New Director
Memento Mori
 Won
2001 Fantasporto International Fantasy Film Award Nominated
Paris Film Festival Grand Prix Nominated
Slamdance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize Nominated
2006 Busan Film Critics Awards Best Screenplay
Family Ties
 Won
Best Director Won
Korean Association of Film Critics Awards Best Film Won
Thessaloniki International Film Festival[25] Jameson Audience Award Won
Best Screenplay Won
Golden Alexander (Best Feature Film) Won
Blue Dragon Film Awards[26] Best Screenplay Nominated
Best Director Won
Best Film Nominated
Korean Film Awards Best Screenplay Nominated
Best Director Nominated
Best Film Nominated
2007 Baeksang Arts Awards Best Screenplay Nominated
Best Director Nominated
Grand Bell Awards[27] Best Screenplay Won
Best Director Nominated
Best Film Won
Deauville Asian Film Festival Lotus Jury Prize Won
Movie Day Promising Director Won
Ministry of Culture and Tourism Young Artist of Today Award Won
2011 Fribourg International Film Festival[28] Ex-Change Award by Youth Jury
Late Autumn
 Won
Special Mention of the Jury of the
International Federation of Film Societies		 Won
Buil Film Awards Best Director Won
Grand Bell Awards Best Director Nominated
Busan Film Critics Awards[29] Best Film Won
Korea Green Foundation[30] Green Santa Award N/A Won

References

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