Kim Jong-kwan (born 1975) is a South Korean

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and

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. Kim is an acclaimed and prolific short filmmaker known for his inventive short form narratives. He has helmed the omnibuses ''Lovers'' (2008) and ''

Come, Closer ''Come, Closer'' () is a 2010 South Korean indie romance melodrama film. A directorial debut by Kim Jong-kwan and starring Yoon Kye-sang, Jung Yu-mi, Yoon Hee-seok and Yozoh, the full-length omnibus tells the love story of five couples. It made ...

'' (2010). His first feature '' Worst Woman'' (2016) which debuted at the 17th

Jeonju International Film Festival Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF, Korean: 전주국제영화제, Hanja: 全州國際映畵祭) is an Asian film festival. It was launched in 2000 as a non-competitive film festival with partial competition. It introduces independent a ...

, won the FIRESCI Award at the 38th

Moscow International Film Festival The Moscow International Film Festival (russian: Моско́вский междунаро́дный кинофестива́ль, translit. ''Moskóvskiy myezhdunaródniy kinofyestivál''; abbreviated as MIFF) is the film festival first h ...

in 2016.

Personal life

Born in 1975 in Daejeon, Kim graduated from

Seoul Institute of the Arts Seoul Institute of the Arts is a prominent educational institution specializing in the Arts located in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. The school has nurtured many graduates who are actively working in art related fields within Korea as w ...

, majoring in Film.

Filmography

Short films

*''Street Story'' (2000) - director *''Wind Story'' (2002) - director, screenwriter, cinematographer *''Wounded'' (2002) - director, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor *''The Limit Time of Distribution'' (2003) - cinematographer *''Tell Her I Love Her'' (2003) - director, screenwriter, cinematographer, art director, editor, producer *''How to Operate a Polaroid Camera'' (2004) - director, screenwriter, cinematographer, art director, editor *''One Shining Day'' (segment: "Good-bye") (2005) - director, screenwriter *''Waiting for Youngjae'' (2005) - director, screenwriter, editor *''Slowly'' (2005) - director, screenwriter, editor *''Monologue #1'' (2006) - director, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, producer *''A Lonely Season'' (2006) - director *''Dialogue of Silence'' (2006) - director *''Screwdriver'' (2006) - director, cinematographer, editor *''Series Dasepo Naughty Girl'' (2006) - director *''Short! Short! Short!'' (segment: "'Waiting") (2007) - director, screenwriter, cinematographer *''The Diaper Of Daughters'' (2007) - cinematographer *''Lost'' (2007) - director, screenwriter, cinematographer *''Trend Of This Fall'' (2008) - director, screenwriter, editor *''Short! Short! Short!'' (segment: "Coin Boy") (2009) - director *''Whispers In The Wind'' (2010) - director *'' One Perfect Day'' (2013) - screenwriter *''Phantoms of the Archive'' (2014) - director, screenwriter *''

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'' (2019) - director, screenwriter

Omnibus films

*''Lovers'' (2008) - director, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, producer (consisting of 11 short films) *''

'' (2010) - director, screenwriter

Feature films

*'' Worst Woman'' (2016) - director, screenwriter *'' The Table'' (2016) - director, screenwriter *''Chae's Movie Theater'' (2017) - director *'' Shades of the Heart'' (2019) - director, screenwriter *'' Josée'' (2020) - director, screenwriter

References

External links

* * * 1975 births Living people South Korean film directors South Korean screenwriters Seoul Institute of the Arts alumni {{SouthKorea-film-director-stub