Ki-duk Kim

Kim Ki-duk (b. 1960, Bonghwa, South Korea) came to film direction relatively late, after turning 30. But only in the mid-1990s did he begin to make a name for himself as a controversial creator of unusual stories combining dark melancholy and brutality with erotic extremes. He became the best-known South Korean director thanks in part to his intense professional commitment: he regularly shot one film per year and his pictures have been shown to success at the world’s most prestigious festivals. At the 37th Karlovy Vary IFF he was the subject of a retrospective profile. Selected filmography: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003), 3-Iron (2004), The Bow (2005), Time (2006), Breath (2007). His latest film Arirang  shared the Prize of Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section with Andreas Dresen’s Stopped on Track.

46. IFF Karlovy Vary