Kim Kee-duk
Born: 1934-09-29 in Seoul, Korea
Died: 2017-09-07
Known For: Directing
Biography
KIM Ki-duk is a South Korean film director and professor. Best-known outside of Korea for his 1967 giant-monster film, Yonggary, KIM Ki-duk directed 66 movies in total from his directorial debut in 1961 until his retirement from the film industry in 1977. Along with KIM Soo-yong and LEE Man-hee, KIM was one of the leading young directors of the Korean cinematic wave of the 1960s. The most distinctive and successful genre of this period was the melodrama.
Filmography
1975
- Best Singer ... (Director)
1970
- My Seoul ... (Director)
1969
- Until That Day ... (Director)
- Beauty in Black Rose Castle ... (Director)
1967
- Yongary, Monster from the Deep ... (Director)
1966
- Horse-year Bride ... (Director)
1965
- North and South ... (Director)
- Buy My Fist ... (Director)
1964
- The Barefooted Young ... (Director)
1963
- Private Tutor ... (Director)
1961
- Five Marines ... (Editor)
1960
- The Moral of Youth ... (Editor)
1959
- A Skinny and a Fatty Go to Camp Nonsan ... (Editor)
1956
- Prince Ho-Dong and Princess Nak-Rang ... (Assistant Director)
- The Tragedy of King Dan Jong ... (Assistant Director)
- Prince in Yam Clothes ... (Assistant Director)