Kim Jee-woon

Kim Jee-woon
Kim Jee-woon
김지운
	Kim at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	July 6, 1964 (age 60); Seoul, South Korea
Other names	Jiwoon Kim
Occupations	Film director; screenwriter;
Years active	1998–present
Agent	Creative Artists Agency
Relatives	Kim Ji-sook (sister); Kim Ji-won (brother);
Honours	Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2018)
Korean name
Hangul	김지운
Hanja	金知雲
Revised Romanization	Gim Ji-un
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Chiun

Kim Jee-woon (Korean: 김지운; born July 6, 1964) is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, and producer.^[1]^[2]^[3] He was a theater actor and director before debuting with his self-written and directed film, The Quiet Family in 1998. Kim has worked with increasing levels of success in cinema, showing accomplished acting and a detailed stylization in his films. He is currently one of the most recognized screenwriters/directors in the Korean film industry.^[4]

His films A Tale of Two Sisters (2003) and A Bittersweet Life (2005) were both critical and commercial successes.^[5] He is also known for the films The Foul King (2000), The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008) and I Saw the Devil (2010).^[3]

^ Noh, Jean. "Finecut does deal with Kim Jee-woo's Devil". Screendaily.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
^ "'The Good, the Bad, the Weird' – OhmyNews International". english.ohmynews.com. Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2008-08-15.
^ ^a ^b Kim, Hyung-seok (2008). KOREAN FILM DIRECTORS – "KIM JEE-WOON". South Korea: Seoul Selection. ISBN 978-89-91913-51-6.
^ "A Bittersweet Life – Film @ The Digital Fix". Dvdtimes.co.uk. 15 April 2006. Archived from the original on 12 March 2009. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
^ Cite error: The named reference TwoSisters was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[1] Noh, Jean. "Finecut does deal with Kim Jee-woo's Devil". Screendaily.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.

[KoreanCinema-2] "'The Good, the Bad, the Weird' – OhmyNews International". english.ohmynews.com. Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2008-08-15.

[:20-3] Kim, Hyung-seok (2008). KOREAN FILM DIRECTORS – "KIM JEE-WOON". South Korea: Seoul Selection. ISBN 978-89-91913-51-6.

[DVDTimes-4] "A Bittersweet Life – Film @ The Digital Fix". Dvdtimes.co.uk. 15 April 2006. Archived from the original on 12 March 2009. Retrieved 22 November 2017.

[TwoSisters-5] Cite error: The named reference TwoSisters was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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