Person

Kim Ki-duk

Directing · 1960–2020 · Bonghwa, North Gyeongsang, South Korea

Biography

Kim Ki-duk (December 20, 1960 – December 11, 2020) was a prolific South Korean writer-director of idiosyncratic, allegorical, and often extreme and transgressive arthouse dramas, best known for "The Isle" (2000), "Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring" (2003), "Samaritan Girl" (2004), "3-Iron" (2004) and "Pieta" (2012). His films have received many distinctions on the international festival circuit.

Known for

Filmography

2025Ask the MountainWriter
2022Call of GodDirector
2021The Past TimeExecutive Producer
2020Life is a ThrillSelf
2019DissolveWriter
2018Human, Space, Time and HumanWriter
2017Plankton SalesmenSelf (archive footage)
2017ExcavatorWriter
2016StopEditor
2016The NetDirector
2014Made in ChinaProducer
2014One on OneDirector
2014GodsendWriter
2013Red FamilyEditor
2013Rough PlayScreenplay
2013Ongoing SmileSelf
2013MoebiusDirector
2013Venice 70: Future ReloadedSelf (segment Kim Ki-Duk)
2013Balkan SpiritSelf - Director
2012PietaEditor
2011ArirangSelf
2011AmenMasked Man
2011PoongsanProducer
2008DreamDirector
2008Rough CutWriter
2008BeautifulStory
2007BreathPrison Warden
2007Kim Ki-duk, filmmaker of convulsive beauty
2006TimeDirector
2005The Nine Lives of Korean CinemaSelf
2005The BowEditor
20043-IronDirector
2004Samaritan GirlExecutive Producer
2003Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and SpringAdult Monk
2002The Coast GuardDirector
2002Bad GuyDirector
2001Address UnknownWriter
2000Real FictionDirector
2000The IsleWriter
1998Birdcage InnScreenplay
1997Wild AnimalsDirector
1997The Rocket Is Launched
1996CrocodileDirector

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