Kim Tae-yong (; born December 9, 1969) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. After his feature directorial debut Memento Mori (1999), he helmed the critically-acclaimed 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 as a sequel to the horror film Whispering Corridors (1998), and so began Kim's foray into commercial cinema.
In some ways, Memento Mori might be considered the most influential Korean horror film of the 2000s. Although it was not a box-office hit, the film is frequently cited by young filmmakers and cinema fans as a modern-day classic. At the time of its release and in the intervening years, most critics tended to focus their attention on the other of Memento Mori'''s co-directors, Min Kyu-dong, however the release of 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 on the remote Swedish 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 +Feature film creditsYearTitleCredited as Notes English KoreanDirectorScreenplayProducer 1992 우주경찰 휴먼 파워 1995 비상구가 없다 1999 Memento Mori 여고괴담 두번째 이야기 "여름 특집! 여고괴담, 학교에서는 무슨 일이 있었나" . magazine.movie.daum.net"‘여고괴담’부터 ‘소녀괴담’까지, 학원 공포물 변천사". tenasia.hankyung.com2006 Family Ties 가족의 탄생 2011Late Autumn 만추 2011Choked가시Crew member 2024 Wonderland 원더랜드 2027Kokdu꼭두 Animated film
Short film +Film creditsYearTitleCredited as Notes English KoreanDirectorScreenplayProducer 1997Free to Fly 열일곱 Also editor1998WannabeCrew Member 1998 Pale Blue Dot 창백한 푸른 점 Also editor, cinematographer, music 1998 Everything I Got: Marco Polo's View 동방견문록 cinematographer2003Engineering—Her Accident이공—그녀의 사고 2005 Digital Short Film Omnibus Project Twentidentity (I-gong)Segment: Pass Me 디지털 단편 옴니버스 프로젝트 이공 - seg. 이 공을 받아줘(Pass Me) 2007 155 miles 155 마일 Girl on the Run 달리는 차은 short film from If You Were Me 4 2008 Cinema Paradise 시네마 천국 Also editor 2009 Gaze 1318 시선 1318 Take Action, Now or Never! 모두들 하고 있습니까? Green Film Festival in Seoul short film2011 After All, We're Still in Love 오랜 연인들 2012 Right on me 라잇 온 미 You Are More Than Beautiful 뷰티풀 2012 Youku short film 2013 Jury 주리 Have a Cup of Tea, or See a Film! 차라도 한 잔, 영화도 한 편! Green Film Festival in Seoul short film, 2013 2014 Picnic 신촌좀비만화 - seg. 피크닉 short film from Mad Sad BadThe Wind Will Carry Us 바람이 우리를 데려다 주리라 2015 Her legend 그녀의 전설
Documentary film +Film creditsYearTitleCredited asNotesEnglishKoreanDirectorScreenplayProducer2006On the Road, Two온 더 로드, 투 rockumentary on Yoon Do Hyun Band's European tour20162016 Film Pansori, Chunhyang2016 필름 판소리, 춘향뎐 documentary2018Kokdu: A Story of Guardian Angels꼭두 이야기 Korean traditional music performance documentary
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 Television Cinema Paradiso'' (EBS, 1994) host
Theater +Film creditsYearTitleCredited as Notes English KoreanDirectorScreenplayProducer 2004 Fascination 매혹 2017 Kokdu꼭두
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result 2000 Baeksang Arts Awards Best New Director 2001 Fantasporto International Fantasy Film Award Paris Film Festival Grand Prix Slamdance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize 2006 Busan Film Critics Awards Best Screenplay Best Director Korean Association of Film Critics Awards Best Film Thessaloniki International Film Festival Jameson Audience Award Best Screenplay Golden Alexander (Best Feature Film) Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Screenplay Best Director Best Film Korean Film Awards Best Screenplay Best Director Best Film 2007 Baeksang Arts Awards Best Screenplay Best Director Grand Bell Awards Best Screenplay Best Director Best Film Deauville Asian Film Festival Lotus Jury Prize Movie Day Promising Director Ministry of Culture and Tourism Young Artist of Today Award 2011 Fribourg International Film Festival Ex-Change Award by Youth Jury Special Mention of the Jury of the International Federation of Film Societies Buil Film Awards Best Director Grand Bell Awards Best Director Busan Film Critics Awards Best Film Korea Green Foundation Green Santa Award
See also
List of Korean film directors Cinema of Korea
Notes
References
External links Kim Tae-yong at Korean Film Biz Zone