Kim Tae-kyun (director)

This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.

Kim Tae-kyun
Born	(1960-07-17) July 17, 1960 Seoul, South Korea
Education	Hankuk University of Foreign Studies - Political Science Korean Academy of Film Arts
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter, producer
Years active	1987-present
Korean name
Hangul	김태균
Hanja	金泰均
Revised Romanization	Gim Taegyun
McCune–Reischauer	Kim T'aegyun

Kim Tae-kyun (born June 17, 1960) is a South Korean film director. Kim wrote and directed Volcano High (2001) and Temptation of Wolves (2004). He also directed The Adventures of Mrs. Park (1996), First Kiss (1998), A Millionaire's First Love, Crossing (2008), Higanjima (2010), A Barefoot Dream (2010), Innocent Thing (2014), and Bad Sister (2014). Crossing and A Barefoot Dream were selected as the South Korean entries for Best Foreign Language Film at the 81st and 83rd Academy Awards, but both did not make the final shortlist.

Filmography

• 관계 (short film, 1987) - lighting
• Moon (short film, 1987) - credits
• Stopping for a While (short film, 1987) - director
• My Love, My Bride (1990) - line producer
• As You Please (1992) - executive producer
• First Kiss (1993) - line producer
• Bitter and Sweet (1995) - executive producer
• The Adventures of Mrs. Park (1996) - director
• First Kiss (1998) - director
• Julseogi (short film, 1999) - director
• Volcano High (2001) - director, screenwriter
• At 2 O'clock (short film, 2003; included in the omnibus Twentidentity) - director
• Temptation of Wolves (2004) - director, screenwriter
• I'm OK (short film, 2005; included in the omnibus 3 Colors Love Story) - director
• A Millionaire's First Love (2006) - director
• Crossing (2008) - director
• Higanjima (2010) - director
• A Barefoot Dream (2010) - director, producer, script editor
• The Dearest (2012) - production adviser
• Sympathy for Us (2012) - production adviser
• Choked (2012) - production adviser
• Mirage (2012) - production adviser
• When Winter Screams (2013) - production and screenplay consultant
• Your Time Is Up (2013) - production consultant
• INGtoogi: The Battle of Internet Trolls (2013) - production consultant
• Innocent Thing (2014) - director, executive producer
• A Pharisee (2014) - producer
• Bad Sister (2014) - director

Awards

• 2008 Foreign Press Promotion Award, Film category (Crossing)
• 2008 18th Korean Catholic Mass Communication Award (Crossing)
• 2008 16th Chunsa Film Art Awards: Best Director (Crossing)
• 2010 19th Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards: Best Director of a Foreign Film (A Barefoot Dream)

External links

• Kim Tae-kyun at the Korean Movie Database
• Kim Tae-kyun at the Internet Movie Database
• Kim Tae-kyun at HanCinema