Kim-Jho Gwangsoo

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In this Korean name, the family name is Kim-Jho.

Kim-Jho Gwang-soo (Korean: 김조광수; born 26 March 1965), also known as Peter Kim, is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, film producer and LGBT rights activist.^[1][2]

Kim-Jho Gwang-soo
Kim-Jho in 2013
Born	Kim Gwang-soo (1965-03-26) March 26, 1965 (age 59) Seongbuk District, Seoul, South Korea
Other names	Kim-Jho Kwang-soo Peter Kim
Alma mater	Hanyang University
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter, film producer
Korean name
Hangul	김조광수
Hanja	金趙光秀
Revised Romanization	Gim-Jo Gwang-su
McCune–Reischauer	Kim-Cho Kwang-su
Birth name
Hangul	김광수
Revised Romanization	Gim Gwang-su
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Kwang-su

Career

Kim Gwang-soo was born in Seongbuk District, Seoul. He disclosed his sexual orientation in 2006, and legally changed his name to Kim Jho Gwang-soo. Kim-Jho is one of South Korea's few openly gay film directors and has been involved in the production of several works with LGBT themes.^[3]

He collaborated with director Leesong Hee-il to produce the 2006 film No Regret, considered to be "the first real Korean gay feature."^[4] In 2008, he directed and wrote his first short film, Boy Meets Boy as well as two follow-ups: Just Friends? (2009) and LOVE, 100°C (2010). His first feature film, Two Weddings and a Funeral was released in 2012.^[5]

Personal life

Kim Jho held a public, non-legal wedding ceremony with film distributor and LGBT activist David Kim Seung-hwan (his partner since 2004), in Seoul on September 7, 2013, the first of its kind in the country which does not recognize same-sex marriages.^[6][7][8][9] The preparations for their wedding and the ceremony itself was the subject of Jang Hee-sun's 2015 documentary My Fair Wedding.^[10]

Filmography

Director

• 2008 Boy Meets Boy
• 2009 Just Friends?
• 2010 Ghost (Be With Me)
• 2010 LOVE, 100°C
• 2012 Two Weddings and a Funeral
• 2014 One Night Only

Writer

• 2008 Boy Meets Boy
• 2009 Just Friends?
• 2010 LOVE, 100°C
• 2014 One Night Only

Producer

• 2001 Wanee & Junah
• 2002 Jealousy Is My Middle Name
• 2004 So Cute
• 2005 The Red Shoes
• 2006 No Regret
• 2006 Old Miss Diary
• 2007 Boys of Tomorrow
• 2007 Pornmaking for Dummies
• 2007 Milky Way Liberation Front
• 2010 Ghost (Be With Me)
• 2010 Break Away
• 2011 Detective K: Secret of the Virtuous Widow
• 2011 The Client
• 2015 Detective K: Secret of the Lost Island
• 2019 Jo Pil-ho: The Dawning Rage

See also

• List of Korean film directors
• Cinema of Korea
• Contemporary culture of South Korea

References

1. Jung, Hyun-mok (17 March 2015). "Director reflects on struggles in filmmaking, gay activism". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
2. Kim, Su-yeon (23 February 2015). "Interview: KIMJHO Kwang-soo, CEO of Generation Blue Films: "I want to create a unique filmography for Generation Blue Films"". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
3. Yoon, Min-sik (13 May 2013). "Openly gay director to marry boyfriend". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
4. Bertolin, Paolo (6 February 2007). "Korean Presence Strong at 57th Berlin Film Festival". The Korea Times via Hancinema. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
5. Kwaak, Je-yup (15 June 2012). "Gay-themed Weddings picks fun over logic". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
6. Chung, Jane (7 September 2013). "Gay South Korean film director marries his partner in public". Reuters. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
7. "Gay Korean celebrity 'marries' partner". The Korea Herald. 8 September 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
8. Oh, Kyu-wook (9 September 2013). "First gay marriage stirs controversy". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
9. Kim, Jae-won (10 December 2013). "Same-sex couple seeks to gain legal status". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
10. Baek, Byung-yeul (17 May 2015). "My Fair Wedding documents gay marriage with loving touch". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2015-05-27.

External links

• Kim Jho Gwang-soo at HanCinema
• Kim Jho Gwang-soo at the Korean Movie Database
• Jho Kwang-soo Kim at IMDb