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Kim Jho Kwang-soo

Kim Jho Gwang-soo
Kim Jho Gwangsoo wedding.jpg
Born Kim Gwang-soo
1965 (age 51–52)
Seongbuk District, Seoul, South Korea
Other names Kim Jho Kwang-soo
Peter Kim
Alma mater Hanyang University
Occupation Film director,
Screenwriter,
Film producer
Korean name
Hangul 김조광수
Hanja 金趙光秀
Revised Romanization Gim Jo Gwang-su
McCune–Reischauer Kim Cho Kwang-su
Birth name
Hangul 김광수
Revised Romanization Gim Gwang-su
McCune–Reischauer Kim Kwang-su

Kim Jho Gwang-soo (Hangul김조광수; born 1965), also known as Peter Kim, is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, film producer and LGBT rights activist.

Kim Gwang-soo was born in Seongbuk District, Seoul. He came out of the closet in 2006, and legally changed his name to Kim Jho Gwang-soo. Kim Jho is one of South Korea's few openly gay film directors and has been involved in the production of several works with LGBT themes.

He collaborated with director Leesong Hee-il to produce the 2006 film No Regret, considered to be "the first real Korean gay feature." In 2008, he directed and wrote his first short film, Boy Meets Boy as well as two follow-ups: Just Friends? (2009) and LOVE, 100°C (2010). His first feature film, Two Weddings and a Funeral was released in 2012.

Kim Jho held a public, non-legal wedding ceremony with film distributor David Kim Seung-hwan (his partner since 2004), in Seoul on September 7, 2013, the first of its kind in the country which does not recognize same-sex marriages. The preparations for their wedding and the ceremony itself was the subject of Jang Hee-sun's 2015 documentary My Fair Wedding.


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