Kim Jee-woon
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Kim Jee-woon at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival
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July 6, 1964 Seoul, South Korea |
| Occupation | Film director Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1998-present |
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| Revised Romanization | Gim Ji-un |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Chiun |
Kim Jee-woon (Hangul: 김지운; born July 6, 1964) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Kim Jee-woon has a history of successfully tackling a wide range of film genres, garnering a cult following among fans of Asian cinema.
Kim started out directing theater, but has worked with increasing levels of success in cinema, showing accomplished acting and a detailed stylization in his films. Kim also pays careful attention to the release of his films on DVD and goes to greater than usual lengths to package them with extensive documentary materials and revealing commentary tracks.
Kim is growing substantially both as a director and a visual stylist as demonstrated by two of his most recent films A Tale of Two Sisters and A Bittersweet Life both of which were received as critical and commercial successes.
In 2010 Kim directed the thriller I Saw the Devil, the cast of which includes Choi Min-sik (which he worked with previously on his film The Quiet Family) and Lee Byung-hun (who he worked with previously on The Good, the Bad, the Weird and A Bittersweet Life).
Kim's next film was his US debut, featuring the return of Arnold Schwarzenegger to lead acting roles, The Last Stand, for Lionsgate Films. The film also starred Johnny Knoxville, Forest Whitaker, Peter Stormare, and Daniel Henney.
After his US debut, Kim will return to Korea and begin production of his latest project called "Inrang" based upon Mamoru Oshii's anime "Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade".
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