Kim Ki-duk

Kim Ki-duk (Korean: 김기덕 [kimɡidʌk]; 20 December 1960 – 11 December 2020) was a South Korean film director and screenwriter, noted for his idiosyncratic art-house cinematic works. His films have received many distinctions in the festival circuit, rendering him one of the most important contemporary Asian film directors.

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

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.
Kim Ki-duk
Kim Ki-duk at the Venice International Film Festival in 2012
Born(1960-12-20)20 December 1960
Bonghwa, South Korea
Died11 December 2020(2020-12-11) (aged 59)
Riga, Latvia
Occupation
  • Director
  • Screenwriter
Years active1993–2020
Kim Ki-duk
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGim Gideok
McCune–ReischauerKim Kidŏk

His major festival awards include the Golden Lion at 69th Venice International Film Festival for Pietà, a Silver Lion for Best Director at 61st Venice International Film Festival for 3-Iron, a Silver bear for Best Director at 54th Berlin International Film Festival for Samaritan Girl, and the Un Certain Regard prize at 2011 Cannes Film Festival for Arirang. His most widely known feature is Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003), included in film critic Roger Ebert's Great Movies. Two of his films served as official submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film as South Korean entries. He gave scripts to several of his former assistant directors including Juhn Jai-hong (Beautiful and Poongsan) and Jang Hoon (Rough Cut).

Early life

Kim Ki-duk was born on 20 December 1960 in Bonghwa, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. He studied fine arts in Paris from 1990 to 1993.

Career

After returning to South Korea, Kim began his career as a screenwriter and won the first prize in a scenario contest held by the Korean Film Council in 1995.[1] In the following year, Kim made his debut as a director with a low budget movie titled Crocodile (1996). The film received sensational reviews from movie critics in South Korea. Ki-duk said that his international breakthrough occurred with The Isle at the Toronto International Film Festival.[2] His 2000 film Real Fiction was entered into the 23rd Moscow International Film Festival.[3]

In 2003, was released Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter ... And Spring, considered by critic Peter Bradshaw to be his masterpiece and one of the great works of modern Korean cinema. "A potent and enigmatic parable which manages to be both serene and gripping at the same time [...] It is that rarest of things - a genuinely spiritual film."[4] The film work is included in critic Roger Ebert's Great Movies.[5]

In 2004, he received Best Director awards at two different film festivals, for two different films. At the Berlin International Film Festival, he was awarded for Samaritan Girl (2004),[6] and at the Venice Film Festival he won for 3-Iron (also 2004).[7] In 2011, his documentary film Arirang received an award for best film in the Un Certain Regard category from the Cannes Film Festival.[8] In 2012, his film Pietà received the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival.[9] In 2015, it was announced in Beijing at the Asian Brilliant Stars, a section of the upcoming Berlin International Film Festival that Kim would direct his largest budget to date film Who Is God? Kim is in talks to cast Liu Yi-Fei. Who Is God is being produced by Hollywood producers Stephen Castor and Jim Rygiel (3 Time Academy Award Winner)under the banner of their production company Its Just Us Productions, along with Chinese production company Film Carnival (Hangzhou. The film will be financed by CITIC Guoan, Huafeng Investment Consultation and Its Just Us Productions, (China Daily News).

Assault allegations

In 2017, an anonymous actress came forward with allegations that she had been assaulted by Kim on the set of his film Moebius. In response, Kim filed false accusation and defamation suits against the accusers.[10] In January 2019, the court ordered Kim to pay a $4,450 (KRW 5 million) fine for the assault.

Death

On 11 December 2020, Kim died from complications caused by COVID-19 at the age of 59, nine days before his 60th birthday, in Latvia, where he had traveled in November 2020.[11][12][13][14][15]

Filmography
YearEnglish titleKorean titleDirectorProducerWriterEditorNotes
1996 Crocodile[16] 악어 Yes Yes
Wild Animals[16] 야생동물 보호구역 Yes Yes
1998 Birdcage Inn[16] 파란 대문 Yes Yes
2000 The Isle[16] 섬 Yes Yes
Real Fiction[16] 실제 상황 Yes Yes
2001 Address Unknown[16] 수취인불명 Yes Yes
Bad Guy [16] 나쁜 남자 Yes Yes
2002 The Coast Guard[16] 해안선 Yes Yes
2003 Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring[16] 봄 여름 가을 겨울 그리고 봄 Yes Yes Yes "He also acts a major role (as the Adult Monk)"[17]
2004 Samaritan Girl[16] 사마리아 Yes Yes Yes Yes
3-Iron[16] 빈 집 Yes Yes Yes Yes
2005 The Bow[16] 활 Yes Yes Yes Yes
2006 Time[16] 시간 Yes Yes Yes Yes
2007 Breath[16] 숨 Yes Yes
2008 Dream[16] 비몽 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Beautiful [16] 아름답다 Yes Yes
Rough Cut[18][19] 영화는 영화다 Yes Yes
2010 Secret Reunion[20] 의형제 Yes Uncredited
2011 Arirang[16] 아리랑 Yes Yes Yes Yes Dramatic documentary about himself
Amen[21] 아멘 Yes Yes Yes Yes Appears as "Masked Man"
Poongsan[16] 풍산개 Yes Yes
2012 Pietà[16] 피에타 Yes Yes Yes Yes
2013 Moebius[22] 뫼비우스 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Rough Play[16] 배우는 배우다 Yes Yes
Red Family[16] 붉은 가족 Yes Yes Yes
2014 One on One[16] 일대일 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Godsend[23] 신의 선물 Yes Yes
2015 Stop[24] 스톱 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Made in China[16] 메이드 인 차이나 Yes Yes
2016 The Net[25] 그물 Yes Yes
2017 Fork Lane[26] 포크레인 Yes Yes
2018 Human, Space, Time and Human[27] 인간, 공간, 시간 그리고 인간 Yes Yes Yes
2019 Dissolve[28] 딘 Yes Yes Yes

International awards
Lee Jung-jin, Kim Ki-duk and Jo Min-su in the 2012 Venice Film Festival
Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref
2004 54th Berlin International Film Festival Silver Bear (Best Director) Samaritan Girl Won [6]
61st Venice Film Festival Silver Lion (Best Director) 3-Iron Won [7]
2011 Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard Prize Arirang Won [8]
2012 Küstendorf Film and Music Festival "Award for Future Movies" Pietà Won [29]
69th Venice Film Festival Golden Lion Won [9]
2014 71st Venice Film Festival The Venice Days Best Film Award One on One Won [30]

References

Notes
  1. "Profile of Kim Ki-deok" (in Korean). Cine21, The Hankyoreh. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2007.
  2. "Interview with Kim Ki-Duk & Jung Suh". Movie Habit. 31 January 2001. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  3. "23rd Moscow International Film Festival (2001)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  4. Bradshaw, Peter (11 December 2020). "Kim Ki-duk: punk-Buddhist shock, violence – and hypnotic beauty too". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  5. Ebert, Roger. "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring movie review (2003) | Roger Ebert". Roger Ebert.com. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  6. "PRIZES & HONOURS 2004". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  7. "Official Awards of the 61st Venice Film Festival". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 15 September 2004. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  8. Leffler, Rebecca (21 May 2011). "Un Certain Regard Announces Top Prizes (Cannes 2011)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  9. "South Korean film 'Pieta' wins Venice top prize". Yahoo! News. AP. 8 September 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  10. Eun-byel, Im (13 June 2018). "Kim Ki-duk fires back at accusers". The Korea Herald.
  11. "현지 언론 "김기덕 감독, 라트비아서 코로나19로 사망"" [Local media "Director Ki-deok Kim dies of Corona 19 in Latvia"]. news.jtbc.joins.com (in Korean). 11 December 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  12. "South Korean filmmaker Kim Ki-duk dies from COVID-19 complications". Reuters. 11 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  13. Herald, The Korea (11 December 2020). "Movie director Kim Ki-duk dies of coronavirus". www.koreaherald.com.
  14. "Controversial South Korean director Kim Ki-duk dies of Covid aged 59". The Guardian. 11 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  15. "Kim Ki-duk, Award-Winning South Korean Filmmaker, Dies at 59". The New York Times.
  16. "Kim Ki-duk - Filmography". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  17. Wilmington, Michael. "Measuring life through its seasons". chicagotribune.com.
  18. D'Sa, Nigel (14 August 2008). "Rough Cut Ready for September Release". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  19. "Rough Cut - Awards". Cinemasie. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  20. Lucarelli, Cristina (1 May 2013). "Secret Reunion". Scene Contemporanee (in Italian). Retrieved 14 December 2020. Da un soggetto di Kim Ki-duk, peraltro non accreditato
  21. Halligan, Fionnuala (18 September 2011). "Amen". Screen Daily. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  22. "Kim Ki-Duk's MOEBIUS Reportedly First Film Selected For Venice Competition". Archived from the original on 9 June 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  23. "Godsend". Korea Film Fest (Florence). Archived from the original on 8 November 2016.
  24. Bechervaise, Jason (8 July 2015). "'Stop': Review". Screendaily.com. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  25. "Lee Won-geun to star in Kim Ki-duk's "Net" with Ryoo Seung-beom". Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  26. 김희선 (30 June 2017). "엄태웅, '포크레인'으로 내달 스크린 복귀" [Uhm Tae-woong, return to screen next month with 'Fork Lane"]. 연합뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  27. "Human, Space, Time And Human (2018)". finecut.co.kr. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  28. "Official Selection Film-12 – Almaty Film Festival". Archived from the original on 27 May 2020.
  29. "СВЕЧАНО ОТВАРАЊЕ КУСТЕНДОРФА 2012 | Kustendorf – International Film and Music Festival". Kustendorf Film and Festival 2012.
  30. "Collateral awards". venice-days.com. Archived from the original on 6 September 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2018.

Sources

Bibliography
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