Kim Tae-yong (; born December 9, 1969) is a South Korean
film director
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and
screenwriter
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. After his feature directorial debut ''
Memento Mori
''Memento mori'' (Latin for 'remember that you ave todie'Family Ties'' (2006), and the English-language remake '' Late Autumn'' (2010).
Career
Tae-yong graduated from Yonsei University in 1994 with a major in politics and diplomacy, and first became involved in Korean cinema through a friend, who was an assistant director of an independent production. Inspired by the vibrant atmosphere that came with working on a set, Kim then enrolled at the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA) in 1996. He met and became friends with fellow director Min Kyu-dong while at KAFA, where he and his classmates would work on short films as a part of the crew and doing lighting. In 1999, Kim and Min received the offer to direct ''
Memento Mori
''Memento mori'' (Latin for 'remember that you ave todie'Whispering Corridors'' (1998), and so began Kim’s foray into commercial cinema.
In some ways, ''
Memento Mori
''Memento mori'' (Latin for 'remember that you ave todie'Memento Mori
''Memento mori'' (Latin for 'remember that you ave todie'Family Ties'' in spring 2006 established Kim as a highly regarded filmmaker in his own right. His intimate portrayal of a totally unconventional but non-dysfunctional family garnered multiple domestic and international awards.
Kim's third feature film '' Late Autumn'' was a remake of Lee Man-hee's 1966 classic ''Manchu'' set in Seattle. It was also critically acclaimed and became the highest-grossing Korean film in China.
Kim then joined the restoration project and re-directed ''Crossroads of Youth'' (1934) by "performing" Korea’s oldest known silent film with live narration (by the '' byeonsa'') and musical accompaniment.
Apart from his feature films, Kim has been active in a variety of creative endeavors, from hosting a cinema-themed TV show on EBS to directing plays, shooting documentaries and making cameo appearances (both times as a film director) in the films '' All for Love'' (2005) by Min Kyu-dong and ''Family Matters'' (2006) by Nam Seon-ho.
Personal life
Kim married Chinese actress Tang Wei on July 12, 2014, in the front yard of the home of film legend
Ingmar Bergman
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on the remote
Swedish
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island of Fårö. A formal wedding ceremony was later held in Hong Kong, with only immediate family members as guests. The couple first met in 2009 when he directed her in the film '' Late Autumn'', and began dating in October 2013 after Tang shot a commercial in Korea.
Filmography
Feature film
Short film
Documentary film
Actor
* ''Family Matters'' (2006) cameo
* '' All for Love'' (2005) cameo
* ''Camellia Project: Three Queer Stories at Bogil Island'' (2005) cameo
* 2006 film 《Are you all right?》 - cameo (director Jang role)
* 2007 Short Film 155 Miles cameo
* 2013 Naver TV web drama 《The Woman Who Happened》 - cameo