Kim Ki-duk

For the earlier Korean director of the same name, see Kim Ki-duk (director, born 1934).

This is a 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
Korean name
Hangul	김기덕
Hanja	金基德
Revised Romanization	Gim Gideok
McCune–Reischauer	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)