Kim Ki-duk (director, born 1934)
Kim Ki-duk | |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 September 1934 |
| Died | 7 September 2017 (aged 82) |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, professor |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 김기덕 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Gideok |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Kidŏk |
Kim Ki-duk (29 September 1934 – 7 September 2017) was a South Korean film director and professor. Best known outside of Korea for his 1967 monster film Yongary, Monster from the Deep, Kim Ki-duk directed 66 movies in total from his directorial debut in 1961 until his retirement from the film industry in 1977. Along with Kim Soo-yong and Lee Man-hee, Kim was one of the leading young directors of the Korean cinematic wave of the 1960s. The most distinctive and successful genre of this period was the melodrama (Korean: 청춘영화; RR: cheongchun yeonghwa). He is not related to Kim Ki-duk, the South Korean director of 3-Iron.