Kim Tae-ho (; born May 4, 1975) is a South Korean television director.

Biography

Kim graduated from

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. In July 2009 he married his wife, a make-up artist. Their son was born in December 2014.

Career

Kim joined the

Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC; ) is one of the leading South Korean television and radio broadcasters. ''Munhwa'' is the Sino-Korean word for "culture". Its flagship terrestrial television station MBC TV broadcasts as channel 11. E ...

(MBC) in 2002 and worked largely on the channel's Sunday night programs aired on '' Sunday Sunday Night''. He gained prominence amongst viewers as the director of ''

Infinite Challenge ''Infinite Challenge'' (; abbreviated as ''Mudo'') is a South Korean television entertainment program, distributed and syndicated by MBC, that ran from 2005 to 2018. As of January 2013, it had the largest market share for its timeslot; with ...

'' due to his use of humorous subtitles and captions. His work on ''Infinite Challenge'' has garnered him popular and professional recognition and earned him nominations for various awards. From September to November 2017 Kim was one of several thousand employees of MBC and KBS who participated in a joint labor union strike over unfair company practices at their respective broadcasting stations. He was reported to have won an award at the annual KCC Broadcasting Awards that August but refused to attend out of solidarity for his colleagues. As a result of the strike, popular programs on both MBC and KBS such as ''Infinite Challenge'', ''

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'', '' Music Bank'', ''

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'' and others were canceled for up to twelve weeks. On September 7 2021, MBC announced that Kim would be leaving the company by the end of that year.

Filmography

* Infinite Challenge * ''Comedy House'' (Assistant Director) * ''Nonstop 4'' (Assistant Director) * ''Saturday - Rash Challenge'' (Assistant Director) * '' Sunday Sunday Night - Imagine Expedition'' * '' Sunday Sunday Night - Live Cooking Show! Mr. King of Cook'' * '' Sunday Sunday Night - Food Sports Mr. King of Cook'' * ''Super Recommended Saturday - Excessive Challenge'' * ''Super Recommended Saturday - Muhan Dojeon - Master of Quiz'' * ''The Hungry and the Hairy'' (2020, Netflix) * '' Funding Together'' (같이 펀딩) (August 2019~November 2019) *''

Hangout With Yoo ''Hangout with Yoo'' () is a South Korean reality/variety show broadcast by MBC TV. It premiered on July 27, 2019, and airs on Saturdays at 18:30 ( KST). Synopsis This is a show that was started in order to find out what Yoo Jae-suk would be ...

'' (July 2019 - December 2021) * ''Seoul Check-in'' (2022,

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Awards

State honors

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References

External links

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Brief introduction page of the producing team of Muhan Dojeon

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