Kim Ki-duk

Kim Ki-duk
Kim Ki-duk at the Venice International Film Festival in 2012
Born	(1960-12-20)20 December 1960 Ponghwa, South Korea
Died	11 December 2020(2020-12-11) (aged 59) Riga, Latvia
Occupations	Film director screenwriter
Years active	1993–2020
Korean name
Hangul	김기덕
Hanja	金基德
Revised Romanization	Gim Gi-deok
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Kidŏk

Kim Ki-duk (Korean: 김기덕, IPA: [kim ɡidʌk̚]; 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.

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).